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EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 24, 2023 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

90 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 90 yards (0.05 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Gum Slough Tornado touched down just south of Line Road, and merged with the Nibletts Bluff Tornado. Trees were damaged while sections of roofs were taken off of a mobile home and an outbuilding.

The wider storm

A vigorous storm system moved across the region during the 24th spawning flooding, high wind gusts, and tornadoes.

Began near Nibletts Bluff (30.2248, -93.6475).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Calcasieu Parish EF2 Orange County EF1 Beauregard Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1077193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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