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EF0 tornado in Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Tornado March 31, 2025 · Livingston Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

3.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

An EF0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Lard Road and Florida Blvd, in Holden, LA. It tracked southeast, with small and large branches broken off along the track. At the end of the track, there was a small area of more intense tree damage and light damage to manufactured homes. It's likely the tornado ended farther to the southeast but the area was inaccessible.

The wider storm

A strong springtime cold front moved through the region in the morning hours of March 31st. A mesoscale convective system developed along the front due to incredibly steep lapse rates. The resultant impact included widespread wind damage, a weak tornado and a few areas of flash flooding.

Began near Holden (30.5000, -90.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256726. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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