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EF0 tornado in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Tornado September 3, 2011 · Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 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

Eyewitnesses saw a tornado briefly touch down in a field off of Golden Grain Road, doing no damage.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Lee made landfall south of Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish on September 4th. No deaths or injuries were reported. Storm total rainfall ranged from 3 to 10 inches, with the highest amounts recorded in central Louisiana (a co-op station near Alexandria recorded 10.96 inches). Due to inland flooding, a few state roads were closed in Avoyelles Parish, and one home in Acadia Parish had water enter it. The highest sustained wind of 30 knots (35 mph) was recorded at Lafayette Regional Airport. The highest wind gust of 43 knots (50 mph) was recorded at LSU Dean Lee near Alexandria. There were scattered power outages and isolated trees blown down across the region, with a few homes having trees land on them. The lowest sea-level pressure was 987.5 mb at Acadiana Regional Airport near New Iberia. The maximum tide was 5.82 ft MLLW, which was 4.76 ft above normal. This resulted in roads and low elevations in Cypremort Point to be flooded with 2-3 feet of water for a few hours in the morning of September 4th. Minor coastal flooding also occurred in Cameron Parish near Holly Beach, where water approached Highway 82, and near Delcambre along the Vermilion/Iberia Parish line where water covered local roadways and property. One tornado was reported in Lafayette Parish, briefly touching down in a field and doing no damage. Total property damage was $270K.

Began near Ridge (30.1641, -92.1471).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 348797. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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