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EF2 tornado in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 24, 2023 · Beauregard 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

This tornado developed in Calcasieu Parish and continued into Beauregard Parish. The tornado damaged numerous homes and outbuildings, while snapping or uprooting numerous trees. This tornado tracked directly through the community of Gaytine after crossing Highway 171. There were three injuries with this tornado prior to lifting east of the Gaytine community. Maximum 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 Gordon (30.4028, -93.3181).

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 1077204. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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