Thunderstorm Wind, Morehouse
- When
- April 22, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County, Beekman
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -91.880
Several trees and large limbs were blown down along Highway 142.
Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 22, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $22,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Shreveport radar (KSHV), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 22, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 5 mi W of Tallulah
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -91.280
Several large trees were blown down along Highway 80.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- April 22, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Tensas County, St Joseph
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -91.250
Part of the roof of Davidson High School was blown off. A tractor trailer was blown off of Highway 65. A piece of farm equipment was blown on to a roadway.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, April 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 22, 1997
- Tornadoes in Georgia, April 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 22, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, April 22, 1997
- Hail in Louisiana, April 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 22, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
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: 5593430, 5593431, 5593432.