EF1 tornado — Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF1 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 20, 2023 · Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

9.6 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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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

The tornado started along North Lee St (just south of the intersection with Tarleton St) with damage to trees, power lines, and roofs. The path continued across HWY 107 where nearby homes sustained damage to roofs from tree branches. Further east, damage from the tornado also occurred along the southern periphery of the track north of Andrus St where an oak tree fell through a small home. Thereafter the tornado continued over Spring Bayou Golf Course and progressed along an ENE motion toward rural lands south of Pecan Dr and River Ln. It continued east ending near the Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Multiple tornadoes occurred with the line of storms in Central Louisiana.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1148137. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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