Thunderstorm Wind, West Feliciana
- When
- April 3, 6:40 AM CST to 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County, 3 mi ENE of St Francisville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.783, -91.333
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
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Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, West Feliciana
- When
- April 3, 6:45 AM CST to 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County, 4 mi ENE of St Francisville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.783, -91.317
A broad swath of wind damage, approximately 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, occurred in a heavily wooded area to the northeast of St. Francisville. Within this broad area of damage was a narrow path of concentrated wind damage caused by a tornado. Between 300 and 500 trees were knocked down or had substantial number of large limbs torn off within this large area. There were approximately 30 homes in a subdivision damaged by fallen trees or tree limbs.
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.
- 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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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
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- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 3, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 3, 2000
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: 5143873, 5143872.