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EF1 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 20, 2023 · Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

6.7 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Avoyelles Parish → Concordia 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

A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado crossed into Concordia Parish eventually impacting the community of Shaw. The beginning point of this tornado is unknown due to the lack of roads, however it was in Avoyelles Parish. Max estimated wind speeds were around 100 mph.

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.

Began near Big Bend (31.1800, -91.7200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF0 Vernon Parish EF0 Rapides Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1149740. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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