A video captures the moment a tornado crossed the river in St. James Parish. A driver for Rene's Industries caught the twister coming over the river and across the levee and River Rd.
#Tornado captured crossing the river near Convent. Only minor damage reported so far. Video via Rene's Industries. #LAwx @NWSNewOrleans pic.twitter.com/ZJ2c6aNGFB
— Steve Caparotta, Ph.D. (@SteveWAFB)
June 6, 2019 So far only minor damage has been reported from this particular incident.
"Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has confirmed one person died when their car was overtaken by floodwaters," said Jeff Palermo in the WWL Baton Rouge Bureau.
Elsewhere in Baton Rouge, a likely tornado tossed cars around a parking lot at Baton Rouge General Medical Center:
