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EF1 tornado in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 14, 2026 · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
0.4 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 started in the wooded areas southeast of the Crooked Creek Reservoir where an area of trees were snapped. To the east, a farm sustained varying degrees of damage to roughly six outbuildings including a pool house which lost part of its roof. Damage was noted to the east where the tornado crossed Crooked Creek Pkwy, where further tree damage was noted.

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 Pine Prairie (30.8250, -92.4740).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Allen ParishEF1 Acadia ParishEF1 Calcasieu ParishEF1 St. Landry ParishEF1 Evangeline ParishEF0 Avoyelles ParishEF0 Calcasieu ParishEF0 Rapides ParishEF0 Rapides ParishEFU Vernon Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320247. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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