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F1 tornado in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$10K

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

One house received minor structural damage and one storage shed was damaged. A thirty foot tall antenna was blown down and approximately ten trees were uprooted.

Began near Harrisonburg (31.7700, -91.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Franklin Parish F1 Morehouse Parish F1 Madison Parish F0 West Carroll Parish F0 Catahoula Parish F0 Franklin Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681640. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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