Hurricane Edith 1971

Tropical System in the Gulf; Dangerous Heat and Air Quality Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms for Midwest to mid-Atlantic

Tropical system in the Gulf expected to gradually strengthen the next couple of days off the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coasts. Instances of flash flooding will be possible through Thursday along the eastern and central Gulf Coast. Severe thunderstorms will develop and move along a cold front crossing the Upper Midwest, and through the Ohio Valley/Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday. 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