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EF1 tornado in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 5, 2024 · Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

5.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Vermilion Parish → Acadia Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 touched down just west of Ben Road. It moved northeast where it destroyed a garage, a mobile home shifted off its foundation, and part of a roof was removed from a home. An old frame home was completely destroyed. The tornado continued to move northeast and crossed Fats Rd leaving debris across the roadway. The tornado then moved into Acadia Parish as it crossed Bayou Queue de Tortue. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near Indian Bayou (30.1118, -92.3001).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Acadia Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221772. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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