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EF1 tornado in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 24, 2023 · Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

6.5 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado touched down near Jackson Gimnick Loop and tracked northeast into rural southeast Beauregard Parish. This tornado lifted prior to reaching the Allen Parish line. This tornado tracked mostly through open fields or forested areas. There were some homes and outbuildings damaged along Foreman Road and near Doug Addison Road. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Kernan (30.4612, -93.2406).

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 Calcasieu Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1077197. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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