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EF0 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 14, 2026 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$25K

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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A tornado touched down east of Hwy 71 and continued northeastward towards Bayou Rd. Damage to a few outbuildings occurred, with one sustaining significant damage. Additional damage to trees and one mobile home had its roof peeled off. Max estimated winds were 80 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 Cheneyville (31.0210, -92.3220).

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320262. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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