Louisiana, 1998

Tornado in Louisiana, November 10, 1998

November 10, 1998 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tornado briefly touched down off of Avery Island Road, damaging a mobile home (roof was partially blown off).

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 LCH wrote it up.

A tornado briefly touched down off of Avery Island Road, damaging a mobile home (roof was partially blown off).

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:15 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Iberia

When
November 10, 11:15 AM CST
Where
Iberia County, 5 mi SW of New Iberia
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.950, -91.880

What these are

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5677367.