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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 2, 2017 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

7.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 few pine trees were snapped between Glenmora and Forest Hill.

Most damage was medium to small branches. The storm began near McNary Cutoff and

LA 113 and dissipated near LA 112 and US 165. The maximum estimated wind speed was 105 MPH.

The wider storm

A cold front and upper trough pushed through the region with severe storms ahead of the system. The very soupy air mass also produced high amounts of rainfall that lead to flooding.

Began near Mc Nary (30.9925, -92.5992).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Rapides Parish EF1 St. Martin Parish 2 dead EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Lafayette Parish EF0 Rapides Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 695061. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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