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EF1 tornado in Madison Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 18, 2025 · Madison Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
4.9 mi
Path length
350 yd
Path width
$130K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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

An EF-1 tornado touched down just south of the Hunters Bend area and moved northeast through the community. Several large trees were blown down across power lines and Hunters Bend Road near the start, with continued tree damage through the forest areas to the northeast. Trees were snapped and uprooted where the road turned north. Additional damage to a mobile home and several barns and outbuildings occurred at the east of of Dr. Thomason Road at the Tensas River. A 12x24 foot hunting shed was completely destroyed with debris blown north into the tree line. High resolution satellite imagery and accounts from area landowners indicated that the tornado continued east across Tensas River bend into National Wildlife Refuge land with damage at least 200 yards wide in that area. The tornado ended in a field south of Sharky Rd. Estimated peak wind speeds were 105 mph.

The wider storm

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Began near Quimby (32.2256, -91.3768).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1298927. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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