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EF2 tornado in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 13, 2024 · St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

23.9 mi

Whole path

400 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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 just west of Bayou Teche causing tree damage. The tornado then tracked across southern portions of Cecilia, crossed I-10, and into Henderson damaging numerous homes and some businesses. Damage consisted of roof damage, rolled manufactured homes and RVs, destroyed outbuildings, and at least one partial wall collapse to a structure. The Motel 6 also had the roof removed. Additional tree and powerline damage was noted in these areas as the tornado reached peak intensity of

EF2 120 MPH. The tornado finally pushed east then slightly north of due east into Henderson Lake and the Atchafalaya Basin where it ended.

The wider storm

Multiple upper disturbances moved across the region from the 12th through the 16th causing a rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms which produced numerous reports of damage, flooding, and high winds.

Began near Cecelia (30.3266, -91.8536).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Calcasieu Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1184463. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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