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EF1 tornado in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 5, 2024 · Acadia Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
3
Injuries
$100K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

A tornado touched down south of Log Cabin Road where it moved northeast and damaged a few trees. A bumper pull camper rolled over and an awning was ripped off of a house. The tornado crossed Highway 190 and directly hit a meat market where 3 people were injured. A cinder block wall fell over as roughly 25 percent of the roofing material was pulled off the building. An old barn was also damaged behind the meat market. The tornado was weakening as it crossed Stagg Avenue where there was minor tree damage along with damage to a couple of power poles. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front and short wave. Two tornadoes occurred.

Began near Tepetate (30.4752, -92.6223).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Vermilion Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221771. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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