EF0 Tornado — Tangipahoa, Louisiana

2025-10-06 · near Robert, Tangipahoa, Louisiana

Event narrative

A brief EF-0 touched down just north of Highway 445 on Bailey Loop Rd in Loranger, LA at 4:57am CDT where it broke off patches of large branches. This tornado continued due northward into forested areas of Loranger before making it to Bradford Ln at 5:04am. Here, more patches of small and large branches were broken before the tornado lifted along Highway 40 still at 5:04am.

Wider weather episode

A small mid-level impulse moving through a moist and weakly forced environment supported the development of several mini tropical-like supercells across southeast Louisiana during the late evening of October 5th into the early morning hours of October 6th. These storms produced several tornadoes, including an EF-0 tornado over marshland near Blind River in Livingston Parish and multiple tornadoes across Tangipahoa Parish, where the strongest reached EF-1 intensity and caused tree damage and localized roof damage. Some tornado tracks were verified using high-resolution satellite imagery in areas with limited ground access, and weak but coherent tornado debris signatures were observed on radar. Later in the morning, convection moved across Lake Pontchartrain where a waterspout was observed and confirmed just east of the Causeway Bridge using photographic and drone footage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1297793. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.