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EF0 tornado in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 10, 2013 · Cameron Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$25K

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 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

The tornado touched down just north of Highway 384 near Lucy Lane and snapped numerous branches and downed several small trees along the path. Minor damage occurred to the roofing of one home along Highway 384 and to a few homes along Clydes and Clyde Olivers Lanes. The tornado ended just north of T Johns Road and east of Tans Road.

The wider storm

Multiple short waves moved across the region while a north flow remained in place. This caused multiple rounds of severe weather with hail, high winds, and a tornado in Louisiana from late during the 9th into the 10th.

Began near Sweet Lake (30.0176, -93.1707).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Beauregard Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 451363. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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