EF0 tornado in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 30, 2017 · East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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

A tornado touched down on Deer Creek Dr north of Hwy 64. It moved northeast downing a few trees and destroying a framed car port. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. Time estimated based on radar.

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 Fred (30.6437, -91.0843).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pointe Coupee Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 696553. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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