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EF0 tornado in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 7, 2017 · Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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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

The tornado touched down near Elmwood on St. George Avenue. It moved east northeast causing intermittent tree and roof damage. It lifted near Jefferson Heights around the intersection of Sizeler Avenue and Lauricella Avenue. Maximum wind speeds are estimated around 80 mph.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front across southeast Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and the adjacent coastal waters.

Began near Southport (29.9611, -90.1782).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Orleans Parish EF3 Livingston Parish EF2 Livingston Parish EF1 St. James Parish 1 dead EF1 Livingston Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 675317. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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