EF0 tornado in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 13, 2011 · Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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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 tornado was reported in the Sunrise area. The Parish Sheriff's Office reported a sign was damaged in front of the South Plaquemines Parish High School in Buras along Louisiana Highway 23.

The wider storm

Isolated thunderstorms ahead of a cold front produced several reports of severe weather.

Began near Buras (29.3500, -89.5300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Jefferson Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 292612. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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