EF1 tornado in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Tornado December 28, 2024 · West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

21.8 mi

Whole path

130 yd

Path width

$280K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Madison Parish → Richland Parish → East Carroll Parish → West Carroll Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 130 yards (0.07 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

This EF-1 tornado touched down north of Poverty Point Reservoir in the Black Bear Golf Club. Large tree limbs were downed from several hardwood trees. The garage down from a golf cart storage building, which faced south, was partially blown outward. Golf course employees also mentioned furniture on the golf course had also been thrown and displaced. It then crossed into West Carroll Parish south of LA 877 and snapped small hardwood trees. It dissipated just south of LA 134.

The wider storm

On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region. Widespread damaging winds occurred with the line along with numerous tornadoes. This particular convective system was extremely efficient at producing tornadoes. This resulted in a record number of tornadoes for the month of December. The total across our forecast area was 43. The previous December record was 24 back in 2022.

Began near Epps (32.5820, -91.4600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 East Carroll Parish EF1 Concordia Parish EF1 Madison Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1225297. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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