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EF0 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado March 29, 2018 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

Tree damage was noted along Garrie Cutoff Road and Big Woods Road. A shed was also damaged. The max estimated wind speed was 75 MPH.

The wider storm

A moist and unstable air mass moved into the region ahead of a cold front while an upper level disturbance pushed over the area. Heavy rain and severe weather occurred through the morning as the front moved through.

Began near Vinton (30.2384, -93.5991).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Allen Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 744962. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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