Tornado, St. Mary
- When
- June 16, 9:55 AM CST to 9:57 AM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, 2 mi SW of Sorrell
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 29.867, -91.617
Tornado in Louisiana, June 16, 2000
A weak tornado developed 4 miles southeast of Jeanerette near the Highway 90 and 318 intersection. It was eyewitnessed by a National Weather Service meteorologist, who took pictures of it.
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
- None recorded
- 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 weak tornado developed 4 miles southeast of Jeanerette near the Highway 90 and 318 intersection. It was eyewitnessed by a National Weather Service meteorologist, who took pictures of it. The only damage was to trees and brush. No structures were touched.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 2000
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 16, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 2000
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2000Warnings in Louisiana, June 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: 5153152.