EF0 Tornado — Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

2024-05-13 · near Frisco, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Event narrative

NWS Survey team determined an EF-0 tornado, with peak estimated winds of 85 mph impacted portions of Frisco in Pointe Coupee Parish. This small tornado caused damage to trailers, a few homes, and numerous hardwood trees in a narrow swath from Highway 78, north to Parlange Lane in the Frisco area. Further track information from satellite analysis might lead to changes in the estimated track in future updates. Damage was also surveyed across Fordoche, Lottie, Blanks to Livonia areas caused by straight line winds. More concentrated straight line wind damage was surveyed across Erwinville. A widespread swath of damaging winds was observed along Wye Road/Highway 1 to Rougon Road which included widespread tree damage with trees on some homes. A fatality and two injuries occurred with this straight line wind damage along Rougon Road.

Wider weather episode

A stationary front was setup along the gulf coast on May 13th. High instability and progressive flow aloft ignited a storm complex over southeastern Texas during the mid afternoon hours. Those storms quickly formed into a linear complex that rode along the stationary boundary, favoring the thermal and instability gradient. The complex made its way across southern Louisiana, producing destructive straight-line winds with embedded tornadoes. The complex dove south into the Gulf of Mexico off of the Mississippi coast, favoring the instability where it continued to produces significant wind gusts before exiting the coastal waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1185828. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.