EF1 Tornado — Madison, Louisiana

2022-03-22 · near Thomastown, Madison, Louisiana

Event narrative

This tornado began near Thomastown Rd in eastern Madison Parish where a few trees were downed then continued across the Louisiana levee of the Mississippi River. To the east of the levee several trees were snapped along a tree line. As the tornado continued eastward, the path became inaccessible due to the Mississippi River and flooded areas on the Mississippi side between the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers. However, a TDS was noted continuing eastward into Mississippi. Estimated peak wind speed was 95mph. Total path length was 6.57 miles.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system moved through the Lower Mississippi Valley during the day on Tuesday March 22nd. A resulting line of severe thunderstorms moved through northeast Louisiana during the morning hours producing a few instances of damaging wind, large hail along with a tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1010513. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.