EF0 tornado in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 23, 2016 · St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornadic waterspout spawned from the same parent supercell as the LaPlace tornado came on shore from Lake Pontchartrain near Lacombe. Due to inaccessibility, the first damage was noted near a plant nursery at Powell Street and Pinchon St where a greenhouse was damaged. The tornado moved northeast across Hwy 190 and into a residential area. In this area, several homes suffered superficial damage to shingles, fascia, and a few broken windows. Some minor tree damage was also observed. Maximum wind speeds were estimated near 80 mph.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the lower Mississippi Valley. Ahead of the front, widespread severe weather moved through Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi during the morning and afternoon hours of February 23rd. A total of 13 tornadoes occurred in Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi, 3 of which were classified as strong.

Began near Lacombe (30.3200, -89.9692).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 St. James Parish 2 dead EF2 Livingston Parish EF2 St. John the Baptist Parish EF1 St. John the Baptist Parish EF0 Jefferson Parish EF0 Ascension Parish EF0 St. Helena Parish EF0 Iberville Parish EF0 Iberville Parish EF0 St. Tammany Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 617677. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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