EF1 Tornado — West Carroll, Louisiana

2024-12-28 · near Epps, West Carroll, Louisiana

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1225297. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.