EF0 Tornado — Iberville, Louisiana

2024-05-13 · near Indian Vlg, Iberville, Louisiana

Event narrative

NWS survey team determined an EF-0 tornado, with peak winds of 85 mph impacted portions of Crescent in Iberville Parish. This tornado touched down near Guilotta Lane, where it mainly damaged trees along Bayou Rd. A few homes had damage to their roof as it went to the north of Crescent Elementary School. The tornado then crossed Bayou Plaquemine before going over Bayou Jacob Rd. Numerous trees were uprooted north of Bayou Jacob Rd near Dozier Rd. Trees were snapped in a convergent pattern here, which supports tornadic winds. The tornado crossed Bayou Jacob Rd again, uprooting more trees in its path before lifting shortly after.

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 1185832. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.