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EF1 tornado in Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Tornado December 13, 2022 · Franklin Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
11.2 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width
$270K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Franklin Parish → Madison 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 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

This tornado began along LA Highway 610 in eastern Franklin Parish where it snapped sporadic trees and downed a utility pole. It reached its peak intensity as it crossed into southwestern Madison Parish where it snapped several more trees. On Parker Rd, a home was shifted on its block foundation, with portions of the roof removed and most windows shattered. A car was crushed by a large tree at this location as well. The tornado crossed LA 610 again then Poland Rd and overturned an irrigation pivot. It then moved into the Big Lake Wildlife Management Area where it downed more trees as it crossed Mill Road. As it approached the Tensas River, it damaged multiple camp buildings off Sharkey Rd. A few roofs were peeled back, and some carports were blown away along with continued snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado crossed the Tensas River and ended shortly thereafter. The maximum estimated winds were 100 mph, EF-1, for this portion of the track. The total path length was 11.13 miles across the two parishes.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front in northeastern Louisiana, including one which produced a tornado.

Began near Swampers (32.1800, -91.5400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083234. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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