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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado December 26, 2024 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$75K

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

Tree and power line damage occurred as the tornado moved across Highway 465. The small tornado damaged several trees and a frame home. One outbuilding was destroyed. Tornado strengthened in this area of Ian Johnson Road. The tornado crossed Cutts Road damaging numerous trees and then dissipated. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph.

The wider storm

A series of short waves moved across the region during late December causing multiple rounds of severe weather and flooding. One long lived tornado formed southeast of Houston and moved across deep southeast Texas before crossing into Louisiana.

Began near Otis (31.2013, -92.7725).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Vernon Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Vernon Parish EF1 Vernon Parish EF1 Vernon Parish EF1 Evangeline Parish EF0 Vernon Parish EFU Cameron Parish EFU Cameron Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226837. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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