This radar snapshot of noon Monday shows the severe storm that eyewitnesses said produced a tornado and injured a person when winds blew over bricks.<\/p>\n
GEISMER - The National Weather Service said a person may have been injured from falling bricks as a severe storm rolled through Ascension Parish Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
A trained storm spotter reported to the NWS that power lines were blown over and the bricks fell and hurt the person around 12:01 p.m. near the intersection of Hwy. 75 and Hwy. 73 along the Mississippi River levee.<\/p>\n
The area was under weather alerts Monday as a strong cold front and a Gulf disturbance moved through our area from west to east.<\/p>\n
The storm spotter reported the damage was caused by a \"possible tornado,\" according to a weather bulletin.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Ascension Parish Sheriffs office said there were no immediate damage reports at any chemical plants, but confirmed people saw what appeared to be a tornado touchdown in the area.<\/p>\n
Click HERE for WBRZ weather information.<\/p>\n
Storm surveyors determined Tuesday, it was an EF-0 tornado - the weakest on the tornado scale.<\/p>\n
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Eyewitnesses describe tornado, downed power lines and falling bricks along MS River in Ascension - WBRZ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This radar snapshot of noon Monday shows the severe storm that eyewitnesses said produced a tornado and injured a person when winds blew over bricks. GEISMER - The National Weather Service said a person may have been injured from falling bricks as a severe storm rolled through Ascension Parish Monday afternoon. A trained storm spotter reported to the NWS that power lines were blown over and the bricks fell and hurt the person around 12:01 p.m Continue reading