EF0 tornado in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Tornado March 26, 2009 · St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$750

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 very weak tornado briefly touched down in the Springhill subdivision. The tornado was only about 25 yards wide with a path length of approximately 250 yards. The tornado resulted in minor tree damage and caused yard items to be blown around. The estimated wind speed associated with this tornado was around 65 mph.

The wider storm

Several episodes of widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall occurred from March 26th through the 28th as a series of strong upper air disturbances impacted the central gulf region as a meandering and nearly stationary frontal boundary drifted back and forth across the area.

Began near Slidell (30.2433, -89.7672).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tangipahoa Parish EF1 Ascension Parish EF1 St. Tammany Parish EF0 Livingston Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 160836. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.