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EF1 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 14, 2026 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 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 due southeast of Port Barre along LA 741 where it lifted the sheet metal roofing from a home. Several outbuildings were destroyed or heavily damaged. Trees showed damage as well. Tornado winds flipped a pontoon boat and horse trailer. The tornado continued northeast across a field and lifted within a grove of trees south of LA 190. Max winds were estimated at 95 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 Port Barre (30.5330, -91.9530).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Allen Parish EF1 Acadia Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Evangeline Parish EF1 Evangeline Parish EF0 Avoyelles Parish EF0 Calcasieu Parish EF0 Rapides Parish EF0 Rapides Parish EFU Vernon Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320252. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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