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EF1 tornado in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 10, 2013 · St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

2.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$200K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A tornado touched down on the south side of Breaux Bridge near Molbert Lane. It flipped a trailer on Roma DR with one occupant who emerged uninjured. Several homes on Roma and Brandt Streets had roof damage. The tornado crossed Bayou Teche and peeled part of a metal roof off a home on Clause DR. On Grand Pointe AVE a dance hall had part of its roof removed. A small business on the corner of 11th ST and Grand Pointe AVE had the entire roof removed. The tornado continued through a residential community where many homes received minor roof or siding damage before dissipating in a field near Doyle Melancon Road.

The wider storm

A stalled frontal boundary along with multiple impulses aloft lead to an extended duration of rain, thunderstorms, and even a couple tornadoes. Massive flooding occurred along the Mermentau River where rainfall totals exceeded one foot at some locations during the event. Flood waters slowly drained over a couple of weeks.

Began near Breaux Bridge (30.2650, -91.9010).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Iberia Parish EF1 St. Martin Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 427844. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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