The Nation - News from March 19, 1986
Heavy thunderstorms rumbled across Louisiana, churning out 60-m.p.h. winds and at least one tornado that damaged mobile homes. The storms, moving east from Texas, dropped a tornado on Chatham, La., at mid-afternoon, uprooting trees, tearing tin roofs from barns, snapping power lines and leaving hundreds of homes and businesses without electricity and telephone service, Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Brown said. Two people suffered cuts and scrapes. Up to 25 homes were damaged and three mobile homes were destroyed, Brown said.
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