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EF1 tornado in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Tornado May 12, 2017 · East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A brief EF-1 tornado caused an intermittent damage path beginning near the intersection of Old Hammond Highway and Cedarcrest Avenue and ending near Sherwood Forest Drive. Several power lines were blown down, several small trees were also snapped and a tree was blown onto a house. A pickup truck was blown over at a gas station as well as another parked car which was captured on security camera video. The driver suffered minor injuries. Numerous other public videos relayed via broadcast media verified the presence of this tornado. The tornado was rated EF-1 with a maximum wind speed estimated around 90 mph. Path width approximately 30 yards wide and path length about 0.6 miles long.
The wider storm
A line of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front moving through Louisiana produced many reports of severe weather during the morning and afternoon hours of the 12th.
Began near Cedar Crest (30.4335, -91.0659).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 699473. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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