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EF1 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 30, 2017 · Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

95 yd

Path width

$110K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 95 yards (0.05 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

Tornado started south of LA 115 along Haasville Rd. Ripped tin off out buildings

and snapped tree limbs. As the tornado crossed LA 115 it strengthened toppling a large tree onto a carport damaging it and several vehicles. Other trees were also toppled in the damage path. A daycare business next door also had its metal roof ripped off. The estimated maximum winds of the tornado was 100 MPH.

The wider storm

Winds increased across Louisiana ahead of a system that was kicking out of West Texas. This produced a couple reports of tree damage. Later in the afternoon and into the night scattered reports of severe weather and flooding were received as the system moved through.

Began near Bunkie Muni Arpt (30.9444, -92.2257).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 695279. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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