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EF1 tornado in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 9, 2009 · Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
4.4 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$300K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

This storm developed along State Hwy 508, south of Simmsboro Louisiana in Lincoln Parish. Several trees were snapped or uprooted across the Hwy, and some minor roof damage occurred near the intersection of Hwy 508 and Mondy road. Other trees were snapped and uprooted along Mondy road where it eventually lifted. The tornado track was 4.4 miles long and approximately 150 yards wide at its widest point. This EF1 tornado was on the ground for approximately 6 minutes.

The wider storm

A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front

over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.

Began near Oak Grove (32.4807, -92.8134).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Caddo ParishEF2 Jackson ParishEF2 Union ParishEF0 Webster ParishEF0 Bossier Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 154483. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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