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EF1 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 10, 2024 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$15K

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 touched down just northeast of Bayou Courtableau, causing tree damage and minor roof damage to residential homes on Vista Drive. One carport was destroyed. The tornado continued northeast across Camp Thistlethwaite and I-49 causing additional tree damage. The tornado reached LA-182 where utility poles were leaned over before it dissipated in an open field east of LA-182 and north of Plant Rd. Maximum estimated winds were 95 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 Beggs (30.6552, -92.0735).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Cameron Parish EF1 Cameron Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Acadia Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173922. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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