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EF2 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Tornado March 31, 2025 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 began near Saint Peter Catholic Church at the intersection of Highway 363 and Highway 748. Damage to covered walkways and trees was noted along with a large section of roof removed. At Pointe Verte Road, an RV was flipped and the entire 2nd story of a home was completely ripped off. The tornado continued to Old Hickory Road before lifting. A few branches were broken and one tree was down on Old Hickory. Maximum estimated wind speeds were 120 mph.

The wider storm

A series of upper disturbances and a slow moving cold front created multiple days of stormy weather across portions of Louisiana. Severe weather and flooding occurred.

Began near Plaisance (30.6761, -92.1476).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1246871. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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