EF1 tornado — Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

EF1 tornado in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 13, 2007 · Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

2.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$250K

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 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 tornado began just northeast of the intersection of Verot School Road and Highway 92 and traveled northeast, ending near Bonin Road. Two brick homes received signficant roof damage on Rue Paon in the Hunters Ridge subdivision. One home had its garage destroyed which caused part of the roof to be ripped off. The neighbors roof weas damaged by flying debris. Other homes received minor to moderate damage on Fortune Road, Ellie Road, Rue Canard, and Vivian Driver. A total of 33 homes were damaged. A few trees were knocked down, with other debris blown across fields and into trees along the path.

The wider storm

An approaching cold front resulted in showers and thunderstroms across southwest Louisiana, some of which became severe. Several tornadoes touched down across Acadiana.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 17968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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