EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Tornado March 29, 2018 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calcasieu Parish → Calcasieu Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 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
The tornado began in the forest south of Bushnell Road were it took down wood high tension transmission line poles. The path continued east crossing the intersection of Bushnell Road and Hickory Branch Road damaging a barn and downing trees. The tornado crossed Highway 171 were only small branches were broken. The tornado crossed Bill Rosteet, Mattie Reeves, and Kingery Roads before dissipating in the forest. House damage along Mattie Reeves was from falling trees. The max estimated wind speed was 105 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 Gillis (30.3839, -93.2834).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 744963. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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