Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 25, 1993

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 25, 1993
Start: 1993-02-25T07:45
End: 1993-02-25T16:40
Location: Louisiana

February 25, 1993 · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $110,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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

6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: February 25, 7:45 AM CST
Where: Webster County, Couchwood
Coordinates: 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: February 25, 7:50 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Haynesville
Coordinates: 32.823, -92.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Scattered thunderstorms moving east-northeast at 35 mph blew down several trees 3 miles east of Couchwood and 8 miles south of Haynesville between 0745 CST and 0750 CST.

Thunderstorm Wind, Red River

When: February 25, 8:40 AM CST
Where: Red River County, Coushatta
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds destroyed the roof of a carport near Coushatta.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron

When: February 25, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Cameron County, Cameron
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 29.847, -93.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home in Cameron.

Tornado, Iberia

When: February 25, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Iberia County, New Iberia
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 29.514, -91.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Iberia Parish emergency manager said a small, brief tornado occurred in an open field about 3 miles northeast of New Iberia about 1500 CST.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles

When: February 25, 4:40 PM CST
Where: St. Charles County, Destrehan
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 29.906, -90.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

St. Charles Parish emergency management department said thunderstorm winds blew off the roof of a mobile home in Hahnville. In addition, thunderstorm winds blew down several business signs and trees in Destrehan.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles

When: February 25, 4:40 PM CST
Where: St. Charles County, Hahnville
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 29.906, -90.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10327389, 10328663, 10327410, 10328585, 10328283, 10327688, 10327689.