Power Outage in Opelousas, LA

Tornado. A strong tornado touched down on Bolden Road, destroying several homes. One single wide mobile home that was tied down rolled numerous times for over 320 yards. One man died in this home. A double wide mobile home next door rolled for over 100 yards. Two people were seriously injured. A third home on pilings slid over 50 yards, with 5 people inside, who received cuts and bruises.||In total, 15 homes were damaged or destroyed along the path of this tornado. In addition, numerous trees and power lines were snapped, and some barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Max estimated winds 140 mph.

April 10, 2021

Tropical Storm. Wind gusts to around 75 mph and heavy rainfall lead to numerous downed trees and power lines across the parish. Flooding occurred at numerous locations with Bayou Cocodrie experiencing major flooding in the northwest sections of the parish. A wind gust of 75 mph was recorded at KOPL.

October 09, 2020

Tropical Storm. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the parish. Homes and businesses were damaged from fallen trees or wind. Over 40 percent of the parish was without power immediately after the storm. Wind gusts ranged from 50 to 70 mph.

August 26, 2020

Tropical Storm. Occasional tropical storm force wind gusts caused scattered power outages and downed a scattered trees in the parish.

July 13, 2019

Tornado. Tornado started in the woods south of the railroad tracks and moved north-northeast across LA 3174 and US 190 damaging trees and power lines. A car traveling along LA 3174 was struck by fallen trees with the occupant having to be rescued. Other wind damage was noted east of the path of the tornado in Krotz Springs. Maximum estimated winds were 107 mph.

June 06, 2019

This power outage finna blow me son

@loveekay__ - June 15, 2020 05:01

Um so Cleco, are y’all going to fix this power outage?

@BrUce_Tha_Juice - September 10, 2019 21:18