EF0 tornado in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

An EF0 tornado occurred southwest of Blanchard, Louisiana along Blanchard-Furrh Road. Several trees were snapped and uprooted north of the road in a forested area. The tornado continued northeast across Blanchard Latex Road uprooting a couple of trees. The tornado ended along State Route 173 north of Blanchard where several large branches were broken.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a strong cold front as a powerful upper level storm system plowed into the southern plains during the afternoon hours of October 29th. Strong shear was in place across the region such that several tornadic thunderstorms developed...producing widespread wind damage across portions of northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas as well as northern Louisiana. These storms trained across the same general area such that flooding was widespread. Flooding was severe across northwest Louisiana where flooding was reported in many homes and businesses. Area bayous, creeks, rivers and lakes were already at high levels from the excessive heavy rainfall that fell earlier in the month. Thus, some lakes and bayous approached and succeeded their all time record stage levels.