Thunderstorm Wind — Union, Louisiana
August 20, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Magnitude
56 EG
Area
Union
Event narrative (NOAA)
A large hardwood tree that was rotten on the interior portion of the trunk was blown onto a mobile home on Pilgrims Rest Church Road northwest of Spearsville (and about two miles south of the Arkansas state line), killing a 45 year old woman inside the home. No one else was inside the home at the time of the incident.
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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.