EF1 tornado in Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Another tornado developed within a strong line of storms north of Port Vincent, LA which was associated with a more concentrated area of damage in close association with a vigorous embedded circulation. An NWS survey team, along with high resolution satellite imagery determined an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 95 mph which primarily consists of tree damage from LA Highway 1032 up to Hammack Rd near Walker South Rd. This tornado quickly dissipated and broadened out into a swath of damaging winds as it continued northeast over primarily rural Livingston Parish.

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.