F1 tornado in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Tornado June 7, 2001 · East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Death

$50K

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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A weak tornado touched down briefly downing several trees and power line. A man was killed when a tree fell on the pick-up truck he was driving.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Allison moved into southeast Texas late of June 5, 2001 and eventually weakened, but remained over southeast Texas through June 9, 2001. Rainbands associated with the eastern periphery circulation of Tropical Storm Allison produced wind damage in widely scattered locations of southeast Louisiana as well as an isolated weak tornado.

Began near Zachary (30.7000, -91.1500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5256331. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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