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EF1 tornado in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 3, 2007 · Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$120K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 touched down just northwest of Beekman and damaged one home where most of its roof was blown off. Additionally, numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the 2 mile path.

The wider storm

Severe weather developed over the region during the day on May 3rd, peaked during the late afternoon hours and ended by early evening. The majority of the severe weather, as well as the hardest hit areas, occurred across Southeast Arkansas, Northeast Louisiana and West-Central Mississippi. A mix of hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes occurred during the event.

Began near Beekman (32.9449, -91.9516).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Morehouse Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 32916. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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