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EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 14, 2026 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The tornado touched down west of Hwy 14 on Pinewood Drive where minor damage was observed to mobile homes. It continued southeast across HWY 14, damaging several large live oak trees near Walden drive. A home sustained roof damage when the tornado ripped the awning from the home on Wilson Drive. Several homes and outbuildings received minor damage as the tornado exited the neighborhood to the southeast. Max estimated winds were 90 mph.

The wider storm

A strong shortwave moved across Louisiana creating a line of thunderstorms that produced severe weather across the area. A total of 13 tornadoes occurred along this line of storms.

Began near (lch)lk Charles Muni (30.1680, -93.1860).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320238. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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