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EF1 tornado in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 6, 2023 · Acadia Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
5.3 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$50K
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

The tornado started near Lyons Point Hwy and Kite Rd before continuing southeast rapidly. Roughly 8 outbuildings were destroyed along a subdivision on Sally Road. Another 7 to 10 homes sustained roof damage, along with a camper that was flipped into a home. An outbuilding was destroyed at the intersection of Homer Adams and Highway 1115. One injury occurred as a male crawfish farmer was hit by the tornado while harvesting crawfish in a boat. The tornado continued southeast across Jardell Rd where powerlines were damaged before lifting at Muskrat Rd. The maximum estimated wind speeds were 90 mph.

The wider storm

A series of upper disturbances pushed across South Louisiana producing daily scattered thunderstorms. A few storms became severe during the period of the 6th through the 10th. A tornado also developed in Acadia Parish causing damage near Morse.

Began near Morse (30.1102, -92.4768).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1101494. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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