Thunderstorm Wind, Beauregard
- When
- April 23, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Dry Creek
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tree downed a power line.
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 23, 1995
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- April 23, 2:03 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County, Whiteville
- Coordinates
- 30.599, -92.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Iberville
- When
- April 23, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville County, St Gabriel
- Coordinates
- 30.259, -91.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Iberville Office of Emergency Preparedness reported trees downed ,blocking portions of highways 74 and 75.,
Tornado, St. Mary
- When
- April 23, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, Baldwin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 29.830, -91.530
A tornado touched down several times along an intermittant path rolling a mobile home over and tearing the roofs off a house and a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche
- When
- April 23, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Chackbay
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported trees and power lines downed and two houses ,were damaged.,
Thunderstorm Wind, Ascension
- When
- April 23, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ascension County, Gonzales
- Coordinates
- 30.204, -90.911 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm wind downed power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles
- When
- April 23, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, Norco
- Coordinates
- 29.906, -90.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche
- When
- April 23, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Thibodaux
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported trees and power lines downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Assumption
- When
- April 23, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Assumption County, Labadieville
- Coordinates
- 29.901, -91.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported trees and power lines downed.
Tornado, Assumption
- When
- April 23, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Assumption County, Labadieville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.830, -90.970
Parish Civil Defense Director reported a tornado touched down in a ,rice field along Louisiana Highway 398 between Bayou Louis and Labadieville. Tornado path length and width estimated.
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
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1995Warnings in Louisiana, April 1995
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: 10328710, 10327175, 10328011, 10327243, 10328068, 10328393, 10327693, 10328069, 10328400, 10328401.