EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 10, 2024 · Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

6.6 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$200K

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

The Tornado began east of LA-101 along Ardoin Cove Road, causing damage to trees and a mobile home. A metal building had part of its roof removed, which was thrown into a field. The tornado moved east-northeast, crossing Parish Road 720A and causing damage to utility poles, then crossing LA-1131 causing damage to trees and mobile homes. The tornado continued east-northeast toward LeBlanc Road causing damage to several metal outbuildings, then passed through agricultural fields before crossing Abell

Road west of East Bayou Lacassine. The tornado caused additional tree damage north of Abell Road prior to dissipating west of LA-99.

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 Lacassine (30.1939, -92.9268).

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 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Acadia Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1173925. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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