Thunderstorm Wind — West Feliciana, Louisiana
August 30, 2014 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A St. Francisville man was killed after a pecan tree fell on his truck as he was pulling out of his driveway. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff indicated the incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. during a storm. The 64-year-old driver was driving his pick-up truck away from his barn in St. Francisville when the pecan tree fell and a limb crushed him inside his truck. The parish Emergency Manager reported that this was an isolated incident and no other wind damage noted in area so that winds likely did not reach 50 knots.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.