Waterspout in Louisiana, March 15, 2000

Name: Waterspout in Louisiana, March 15, 2000
Start: 2000-03-15T10:00
End: 2000-03-15T10:00
Location: Louisiana

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

1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Terrebonne

When: March 15, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Terrebonne County, 30 mi SW of Theriot
Measured: 1
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.337, -90.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A waterspout struck a fishing boat approximately 3 miles offshore in the coastal waters of Terrebonne Parish, causing the vessel to be flipped in the air, tossing the three occupants in the water. Two of the men subsequently perished. One man swam ashore and was rescued several hours later.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Waterspout, Terrebonne	2000-03-15	37	Male	Boat	Direct
Waterspout, Terrebonne	2000-03-15	54	Male	Boat	Direct

What these are

Waterspout: A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5139381.