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EF0 tornado in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 13, 2007 · Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 house under construction was destroyed by a small tornado. No other damage was reported in the vicinity.

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.

Began near West Erath (30.0300, -92.0400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 St. Martin Parish EF1 Lafayette Parish EF0 Iberia Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 17974. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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