Thunderstorm Wind, Ascension
- When
- May 12, 1:37 AM CST
- Where
- Ascension County, Galvez
- Coordinates
- 30.204, -90.911 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 12, 1995
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Livingston
- When
- May 12, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, French Settlement
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.440, -90.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, St. Tammany
- When
- May 12, 3:12 AM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County, Mandeville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.409, -89.954 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Avoyelles
- When
- May 12, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County, Bunkie
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.076, -92.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused roof damage to several house in the Hessmer area and knocked down several power poles.
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- May 12, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Dry Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Avoyelles
- When
- May 12, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County, Hessmer
- Coordinates
- 31.076, -92.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused roof damage to several house in the Hessmer area and knocked down several power poles.
Hail, Allen
- When
- May 12, 5:24 AM CST
- Where
- Allen County, Grant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.653, -92.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- May 12, 6:06 AM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Longville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, St. Mary
- When
- May 12, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, Morgan City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 29.635, -91.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado touched down briefly on the east side of Morgan City. The roof of a building was torn off and several telephone pole snapped.
Thunderstorm Wind, Terrebonne
- When
- May 12, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terrebonne County, Houma
- Coordinates
- 29.337, -90.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were toppled by thunderstorm wind gusts, windows were blown out of several buildings, and four mobile homes damage.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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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: 10328394, 10328353, 10327367, 10328557, 10328711, 10328558, 10328336, 10328712, 10327244, 10327717.