Tornado, Lafourche
- When
- May 27, 2:45 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Valentine to Galliano
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -90.470
Tornado in Louisiana, May 27, 1999
A weak tornado touched down on an intermittent path as it moved southeast in close proximity to Bayou Lafourche. Minor roof damage was was reported to several buildings, and windows were knocked out of several businesses and autos.
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
- $50,000
- 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 weak tornado touched down on an intermittent path as it moved southeast in close proximity to Bayou Lafourche. Minor roof damage was was reported to several buildings, and windows were knocked out of several businesses and autos. There were numerous sightings of the tornado, and was both photographed and videotaped.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 27, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 27, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 27, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Colorado, May 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 27, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1999Warnings in Louisiana, May 1999
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: 5702366.