Thunderstorm Wind, Avoyelles
- When
- March 1, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -92.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 1, 1991
13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $575,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -91.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- March 1, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -93.100
Tornado, Vermilion
- When
- March 1, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -92.280
Hail, Jefferson Davis
- When
- March 1, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.820
Tornado, St. Landry
- When
- March 1, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -92.320
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- March 1, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.130, -91.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- March 1, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 30.220, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- March 1, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, West Feliciana
- When
- March 1, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -91.450
Tornado, West Baton Rouge
- When
- March 1, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -91.230
Tornado, East Baton Rouge
- When
- March 1, 8:22 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -91.200
Thunderstorm Wind, East Feliciana
- When
- March 1, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- East Feliciana County
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -91.030
Tornado, Lafourche
- When
- March 1, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -90.800
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Helena
- When
- March 1, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- St. Helena County
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- March 1, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -90.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa
- When
- March 1, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, St. James
- When
- March 1, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. James County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -90.900
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles
- When
- March 1, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -90.380
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 1, 1991
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 1, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 1, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 1, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 1, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 1, 1991
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 1, 1991
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10043525, 10043526, 10043527, 10043528, 10043529, 10043530, 10043531, 10043532, 10043533, 10043534, 10043535, 10043536, 10043537, 10043538, 10043539, 10043540, 10043541, 10043542, 10043543.