Louisiana, 2004

Tornado in Louisiana, January 25, 2004

January 25, 2004 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A short-lived tornado destroyed two brick homes and two mobile homes, and damaged at least another 15 homes and businesses. One lady broke her shoulder when the mobile home she was in flipped over, trapping her.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Property damage
$1.0 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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

A short-lived tornado destroyed two brick homes and two mobile homes, and damaged at least another 15 homes and businesses. One lady broke her shoulder when the mobile home she was in flipped over, trapping her. The other two injuries were minor - cuts and bruises.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lafayette

When
January 25, 6:47 AM CST to 6:49 AM CST
Where
Lafayette County, 7 mi SW of Lafayette
Rating
F2
Path length
1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Injuries
3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.150, -92.100

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5382678.