EF1 Tornado — Jackson, Louisiana

2024-12-26 · near Clay, Jackson, Louisiana

Event narrative

This brief and weak EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph, began along Prosperity Church Road and ended after crossing Highway 818 just a mile and a quarter north northeast of where it began. Damage to structures was mainly limited to the end point along Highway 818 where several single wide manufactured homes sustained various levels of mostly minor damage. There was one mobile home receiving more appreciable damage as it was shifted several feet off of its concrete block foundation. The roof of this particular mobile home was also very compromised. There were other poorly anchored outbuildings in this general area that were either heavily damaged or thrown. At the start of the tornado, damage was limited to uprooted trees that fell in a convergent pattern typical to a tornadic circulation.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough moving out of the Rockies aided in the development of a surface low along a frontal boundary over East Texas. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed by early afternoon in an environment characterized by CAPE values around 1000 J/kg and strong low-level shear. A couple of isolated supercells developed across Deep East Texas and Western Louisiana. At the same time, most of the thunderstorms congealed into a linear complex, which moved east across East Texas and Northern Louisiana.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229054. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.