Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- February 10, 5:28 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County, Baton Rouge to Baker
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -91.170
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 10, 1998
A large commercial sign was blown down and pea to marble size hail covered the ground. The public works department reported 15 trees blown down in the parish.
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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
A large commercial sign was blown down and pea to marble size hail covered the ground. A 48 knot wind gust was recorded at the Baton Rouge airport.The public works department reported 15 trees blown down in the parish. In Baker, the roof of a mausoleum sustained roof damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 5642960.