Louisiana, 2000

Tornado in Louisiana, March 15, 2000

March 15, 2000 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
36
Property damage
$10 million
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Terrebonne

When
March 15, 1:57 PM CST to 2:04 PM CST
Where
Terrebonne County, Houma
Rating
F2
Path length
3 mi
Path width
40 yd
Injuries
36 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$10 million
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
29.600, -90.717

A tornado touched down in the southeast portion of Houma and moved in a northwest direction to just north of downtown. The tornado moved through both residential and commercial areas of Houma. The damage path was fairly narrow and much of the damage was classified as F1 scale on the Fujita damage scale. However there were areas of F2 tornado damage, particularily in one area where several commercial retail stores had portions of their roofs torn off. Emergency management reported approximately 212 structures received some type of damage, ranging from minor to severe. About 50 of these structures had monetary damage of 50 percent or more of their value. 36 injuries were reported. Only one injury required overnight hospitalization. National Weather Service meteorologist conducted a damage survey of the area.

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: 5142066.