Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, May 18, 1989
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.4 mi
Width30 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (30.18, -93.58) to the end point (30.18, -93.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 18, 1989, 11:20 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Louisiana
- Counties
- Calcasieu Parish
- Path
- 0.4 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 18, 1989
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1989 | F2 | Louisiana | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 18, 1989 | F2 | Louisiana | 5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F2 | Arkansas | 0.7 mi | 120 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Louisiana | 0.4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Louisiana | 0.4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Oklahoma | 3.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Oklahoma | 2.7 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Louisiana | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Mississippi | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 18, 1989 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.