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Catastrophes in Louisiana
Storms wreak havoc in Louisiana
05/15/08 1:25 CDT
Strong thunderstorms dumped record setting amounts of rain in Louisiana May 13 through May 15, 2008. The storm primarily impacted the Shreveport-Bossier City area in northwest Louisiana resulting in widespread flooding, power outages, and downed trees and tree limbs. In southeast Louisiana winds were recorded at up to 90 MPH in the Livingston Parish town of Walker. Additionally in southeast Louisiana golf ball sized hail was reported. Lastly, the storm is responsible for widespread outages that cut power to thousands. The parishes hardest hit by this storm system include; Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, East Baton Rouge, Caddo and Bossier.
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Fast-moving storms hit Southern states
05/12/2008 4:15 PM CDT
A string of fast moving storms consisting of high winds, heavy rains, some hail and several tornadoes moved across Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi May 10 and May 11, 2008. As a result of this storm system there is widespread scattered property losses. However, there are some more concentrated areas, such as Stuttgart, Arkansas where an E-F3 tornado with wind speeds of 136 to 165 MPH damaged homes and businesses. Typically losses are due to downed trees, tree limbs and power lines; strong winds, tornadic activity and straight-line winds; sewer line backups, hail and lightning. Although losses are scattered widely across all these states, Tennessee has a greater concentration of losses with the highest number of reported losses in the Memphis area.
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Storm system strikes Central and Southern US
05/03/2008 10:50 AM CDT
A volatile storm system swept across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri May 1 through 3, 2008 resulting in scattered widespread damages ranging from minor to moderate with a few substantial losses. In Louisiana, the county that was was most impacted was East Baton Rouge.
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Central US hit with large hail and strong winds
04/24/08 9:00 AM CDT
Severe storms consisting of heavy rains, lightning strikes, strong wind gusts and large hail swept through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee April 22 and April 23.  This storm mainly impacted East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana where residents witnessed up to tennis ball sized hail. In addition, strong winds toppled power lines resulting in scattered minor to moderate damages with the majority of the losses to roofs. Vehicle loss reports indicate minor to moderate damages resulting from hail, flying debris, and falling trees and limbs.
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Volatile storms sweep through central U.S.
04/11/2008 7:00 AM CDT
A volatile line of storms in the central U.S. resulted in scattered property damages April 9 through 11. These storms produced up to baseball sized hail, torrential rains, heavy lightning and strong winds; including straight-line and tornadic winds. These storms impacted Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky. Scattered property damages ranging from minor to moderate and in some instances severe have been reported throughout the region. 
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Southern Plains hammered by severe storms
04/05/08 7:30 AM CDT
An active storm system moved into the Southern Plains April 3 and April 4 impacting the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. The severe weather included large hail, high winds, heavy rains, lightning and some tornadic activity.  Areas of concentrated damages include Ouachita Perish in Louisiana.
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Hailstorms push through the Southern US
04/01/2008 3:20 CDT
A storm system consisting of large damaging hail, high winds and lightning buffeted Louisiana March 30 through April 1. Property and auto damages were reported in several Louisiana parishes, but primarily in Sabine and Natchitoches.
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Hail storm hits the Southern U.S.
03/20/2008 4:15 PM CDT
A powerful line of storms moved across the country impacting Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky March 18 through 19, 2008. This storm system consisted of straight line winds, hail and lightning. Areas that were hardest hit include the Louisiana perishes of Caddo, Ouachita, Bossier, Calcasieu, Rapides, St. Landry and East Baton Rouge. Additionally, there are property damages resulting from lightning strikes. Loss reports indicate primarily minor to moderate wind and hail damages to roofs.
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Volatile storm system sweeps through South Central US
03/04/2008 5:00 PM CST
A volatile storm system consisting of intense thunderstorms, damaging winds and heavy rain caused scattered property and vehicle damages across Tennessee’s west and northwest region, Western Mississippi, Central Louisiana, North Central Kentucky and Central Arkansas March 3 and 4, 2008. Although there are some reports of severe damages, most are primarily minor to moderate losses to roofs, siding, fences, decks and vehicles.
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To Report a Loss, or to Get Answers to Your Claim Question:
  • Call 1-800-54-STORM (1-800-547-8676).
  • Contact an Allstate agent.
  • Report your claim online at the Customer Care Center.
  • Report damage to your commercial property at 1-800-359-1000 or get information on your reported commercial property loss at 1-800-54-STORM (1-800-547-8676).
  • Visit the Frequently Asked Questions for catastrophe claim process information.
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If you’re concerned about your coverage for disasters, now might be a good time to contact your Allstate agent about your insurance policies.
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