EF1 tornado in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 30, 2017 · Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 tornado touched down on Hwy 77 south of Hwy 190. It initially moved southeast but turned more toward the east as it reached BMG Dr and then to the northeast as it reached the end of BMG Dr. I then moved northerly as it approached and crossed Hwy 190. The tornado snapped multiple trees and caused minor roof damage to a mobile home and Church in Livonia. Maximum winds were estimated near 90 mph.

The wider storm

A squall line with embedded severe thunderstorms moved through the area ahead of a cold front. Strong onshore flow ahead of the front also led to coastal flooding.

Began near Livonia (30.5533, -91.5593).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 East Baton Rouge Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 696550. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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