Louisiana, 1999

Tornado in Louisiana, March 2, 1999

March 2, 1999 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tornado developed when two large thunderstorms merged over southwestern Beauregard Parish. Moving southeast at 20 mph, this tornado missed DeQuincy and dissipated in rural Calcasieu Parish.

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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 LCH wrote it up.

A tornado developed when two large thunderstorms merged over southwestern Beauregard Parish. Moving southeast at 20 mph, this tornado missed DeQuincy and dissipated in rural Calcasieu Parish. A large swath of trees were blown down between DeQuincy and Starks, along the Beauregard-Calcasieu parish line.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Beauregard

When
March 2, 7:45 PM CST to 7:55 PM CST
Where
Beauregard County, Fields to 10 mi SE of Fields
Rating
F1
Path length
4 mi
Path width
100 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.470, -93.480

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.

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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: 5692683.