Tornado (EF1) — Tangipahoa, Louisiana
February 12, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$25K
Tornado scale
EF1
Area
Tangipahoa
Event narrative (NOAA)
A weak tornado initially touched down near a hospital turning an unoccupied mobile home on its side, peeling off a portion of the roof of a nearby building, and moving several automobiles and breaking out their windows. One fatality occurred when a 51 year old woman was thrown into a vehicle in a parking lot of the hospital. The tornado continued eastward for about a mile producing intermittent damage primarily to trees.
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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.