Storms wreaked havoc across the West Central Louisiana area on Tuesday, March 4, causing damage to trees and structures on Fort Johnson and throughout Vernon Parish.

At Service Command Loop in the southern part of the base, a gust of wind uprooted several large pine trees, damaged fences and flipped a contractor’s field office trailer on its roof. The trailer was fastened to the ground, indicating the strength of the blast of wind. No one was in the trailer at the time of the damage, around 11:40 a.m.

Electrical service went down in the area, and the water line to the office was severed. Pride Industries and other Responders from Fort Johnson were quickly on the spot to secure the site and begin damage repair.