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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 2, 2017 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$250K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 touched down along Lloyds Bridge Road, damaging several

homes and large barns. Debris was strewn across the adjacent fields. The estimated peak wind was 110 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 Meeker (31.0325, -92.3705).

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 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Avoyelles Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF0 Evangeline Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 674506. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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