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EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 10, 2024 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 brief tornado touched down on a property to the west of West Todd Rd, destroying a sheet metal carport, causing overhang/fascia damage to a home and tree damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing W Todd Road and an open field, reaching a property to the west of LA-27 causing additional tree damage and overturning an unanchored wooden storage barn prior to dissipating. Maximum estimated winds were estimated at 100 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 Holmwood (30.1026, -93.0903).

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173923. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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