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F0 tornado in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 29, 2002 · Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Rating

10.5 mi

Whole path

20 yd

Path width

Deaths

Injuries

$210K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Acadia Parish → St. Landry Parish → Evangeline Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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.

The wider storm

A tornado originated in northern Acadia Parish, remaining in rural areas and blowing down trees and power lines, and damaging a few barns. This tornado moved into St. Landry Parish.

Began near Richard (30.4500, -92.3667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5319528. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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