Hurricane Edith 1971

Risks of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in Alaska and Southwest

An expansive storm system will bring widespread storms with a threat for flash flooding and severe weather to much of the central to eastern U.S. into early this week. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across interior Alaska this weekend. Elevated fire conditions also expected in the Southwest U.S.. Conditions will remain uncomfortably hot across the southern Plains and the Southeast. Read More >

Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana Source: NCEI Storm Event Database
Location	County/Zone	St.	Date	Time	T.Z.	Type	Mag	Dth	Inj	PrD	CrD
IBERIA PAR.	IBERIA PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	07:20	CST	Tornado	F1	0	0	25.00K	0.00K
ST. MARTIN PAR.	ST. MARTIN PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	07:20	CST	Tornado	F1	0	6	25.00K	0.00K
EAST BATON ROUGE PAR.	EAST BATON ROUGE PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	08:07	CST	Tornado	F3	0	3	2.500M	0.00K
IBERVILLE PAR.	IBERVILLE PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	08:15	CST	Tornado	F1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ST. MARY PAR.	ST. MARY PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	09:00	CST	Tornado	F2	0	0	25.00K	0.00K
PLAQUEMINES PAR.	PLAQUEMINES PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	11:02	CST	Tornado	F0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TANGIPAHOA PAR.	TANGIPAHOA PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	12:00	CST	Tornado	F2	0	0	250.00K	0.00K
TANGIPAHOA PAR.	TANGIPAHOA PAR.	LA	09/16/1971	12:30	CST	Tornado	F1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
Totals:								0	9	2.825M	0.00K

Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana
Source: NCEI Storm Event Database