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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 30, 2024 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
4.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 just west of Highway 462 and north of Jim Thompson Road near Westport. The tornado produced scattered tree damage before crossing Freedom Road. It travelled across a forested area before crossing Doshie Road where more trees were snapped and uprooted. From there the tornado travelled northwest crossing Mitch Johnson road and Highway 112. The tornado snapped and uprooted several trees along Hwy 112. One of these trees fell on the roof of a single family home. The tornado then continued into a forested area east of Highway 112 where it dissipated.

The wider storm

Short waves traversed the region during the afternoons at the end of May. This occurred while the area was at peak afternoon heating each day which set the stage for severe thunderstorms to develop.

Began near Union Hill (30.9647, -92.8007).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EFU Cameron Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1187562. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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