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F1 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 29, 2002 · St. Landry 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 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.

The wider storm

The tornado that originated in Acadia Parish moved across St. Landry Parish, destroying a home along Highway 190 east of Eunice. Debris was scattered over 100 yards away from the destroyed home. Several other homes and barns in the area were also damaged. This tornado moved into Evangeline Parish next.

Began near Eunice (30.4833, -92.3333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5319529. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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