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EF1 tornado in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 14, 2026 · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

3.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

Tornado touched down somewhere in the woods west of Veterans Memorial HWY then continued northeast to HWY 167 where it dissipated. Several pine trees were snapped at their trunks, a few outbuildings were destroyed or had their roof peeled, and a canopy was thrown a distance off. 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 Turkey Creek (30.8310, -92.4200).

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 St. Landry Parish EF0 Avoyelles Parish EF0 Calcasieu Parish EF0 Rapides Parish EF0 Rapides Parish EFU Vernon Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320261. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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