Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 26, 2010
Start: 2010-07-26T15:00
End: 2010-07-26T15:00
Location: Louisiana

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $310,000
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

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Deep tropical moisture moving across the region brought numerous showers and thunderstorms to central Louisiana throughout the day on July 26. One thunderstorm produced considerable wind damage to a farm in northwestern Vernon Parish.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon

When: July 26, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Vernon County, 1.76 mi ENE of Hornbeck to 1.21 mi NE of Hornbeck
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $310,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 31.338, -93.372

Leesville Daily Leader newspaper reported two large chicken houses were destroyed at the Merriman Farm on Wolf Hill Road at B Hall Loop northeast of Hornbeck, with the loss of 22,000 chickens. An NWS Storm Survey determined damage was likely from a microburst that spread from southeast to northwest across the farm. A few trees were also blown down in the area.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 254280.