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F1 tornado in Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 21, 1999 · Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Rating

22.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$505K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Franklin Parish → Tensas Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A few trees and power lines were blown down. This tornado continued into Tensas Parish.

Began near Wisner (31.9700, -91.6000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681641. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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