EF1 tornado in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Another large tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Elton to the east of Highway 395 as the previous tornado began to dissipate to the west. This tornado damaged a shed along Dan Buller Road, before moving northward and striking Elton. A 3 block wide swath of damage resulted in the western portion of the town, generally between Washington Street and Henderson Street. Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down, with a few trees falling on houses. Several homes received minor roof damage, with a few poorly constructed homes and mobile homes losing their entire tin roofs. Some streets were completely covered with debris from homes and trees. The sporadic nature of the damage was indicative of a multiple vortex structure to the tornado. In total, fifteen homes were damaged in Elton, with four homes completely destroyed. Local officials stated the damage was considerably worse than seen from Hurricane Rita. After leaving Elton, the tornado continued northward into Allen Parish.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front and moved eastward across southwest Louisiana during the late morning and afternoon hours. Ahead of the line, numerous supercells developed across the northern Gulf of Mexico and moved northward across the area. Two of the supercells spawned a total of 6 tornadoes, while several reports of damaging winds were received with the line of storms. All of these storms combined to produce widespread heavy rainfall and flash flooding across the entire area.