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EF2 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 10, 2024 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

1.2 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$510K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calcasieu Parish → Calcasieu Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 tornado touched down near Vernon road on the eastern side of McNeese State University and crossed Common, Center, Harvard and Kirkman streets before moving into the Moss Memorial Health Complex causing damage to roofing. The tornado continued across Louisiana Ave where it further intensified destroying the roofs of several homes along Elton Court while also causing widespread tree and electrical damage. The tornado weakened as it crossed Brentwood lane before dissipating just east of Walton Street. Maximum estimated winds were 115 mph.

The wider storm

A strong upper low moved across the region and interacted with a frontal boundary that was moving south across the area. Flooding, high wind gusts, hail, and tornadoes occurred in Louisiana as a result of this system.

Began near Lake Charles (30.1822, -93.2148).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Cameron Parish EF1 Cameron Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Acadia Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173918. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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