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EF1 tornado in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 2, 2023 · Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
4.0 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 began on Twin Ham Rd initially producing some damage to pine trees before moving northeastwards toward Highway 425. As the tornado crossed the highway, it produced additional tree damage and damaged a gas production facility along Texas Gas Rd. This damage combined with additional tree damage, suggests that the tornado reached maximum intensity in this area with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph. The EF-1 tornado continued to track northeastward producing damage to mixed forest. As the tornado moved along Cain Rd, some farm out buildings were damaged with primarily tin peeling noted on the roofs. As the tornado paralleled the roadway, a few residents also suffered damage to tin and shingled roofs. The tornado dissipated near the intersection of Cain Rd and Gum Springs Rd with a few large branches downed.

The wider storm

A line of storms produce damaging winds and tornadoes.

Began near Beekman (32.9539, -91.8686).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1101726. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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