F1 tornado in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 8, 1995 · St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down in the Eden Isles subdivision on the south side of Slidell. Approximately 25 houses were damaged, mainly to the roofs. Newspaper account indicated damage would be around $1.5 million. A National Weather Service employee surveyed the tornado damaged area.

Began near Slidell (30.2700, -89.7800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10327686. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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