Louisiana, 2000

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 2000

August 31, 2000 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

One mobile home was severely damaged and several out buildings damaged near Kings Farm. The mobile home was moved three feet, and one-third of its roof was ripped off.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$45,000
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.

One mobile home was severely damaged and several out buildings damaged near Kings Farm. The mobile home was moved three feet, and one-third of its roof was ripped off. Parts of the roof were found a quarter of a mile away, wrapped around a tree 20 feet off the ground.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When
August 31, 3:36 PM CST
Where
Allen County, 5 mi SW of Kinder
Property damage
$45,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.433, -92.917

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2000

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: 5169726.