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EF2 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 24, 2023 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

12.4 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Injuries

$505K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calcasieu Parish → Beauregard Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

An EF-2 tornado touched down near near Perkins Pipeline Road and tracked northeast for 12 miles through northern Calcasieu Parish and into southeast Beauregard Parish. Only 4 miles were in Calcasieu Parish and the tornado only damaged trees and power lines before tracking into Beauregard Parish. Max estimated winds were 125 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Buhler (30.3578, -93.3634).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Orange County EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1077195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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