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EF0 tornado in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 2, 2017 · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$75K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 tornado briefly touched down on L D Verrette Lane, damaging

three homes. All three had roof damage, with partial metal roofing

material removed. The peak winds were estimated at 75 MPH.

The wider storm

A moist and unstable air mass spread north from the gulf while a strong cold front pushed in from the west. A line of thunderstorms developed along the frontal boundary as it moved across the region. Several short lived tornadoes occurred along the leading edge of the squall line along with strong wind gusts.

Began near Mamou (30.6231, -92.4694).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 674505. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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