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EF0 tornado in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

1.1 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Concordia Parish → Catahoula Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 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

This brief, weak tornado touched down along Herbert Crouch Road where it brought down large limbs. It uprooted a few hardwood trees as it tracked east-northeast across Highway 3203 and into Catahoula Parish, and this is where it is estimated that the maximum winds of 90 mph occurred resulting in an EF-1 rating. The tornado finally crossed Buddy Tims Road and produced roof damage to a single family home along with additional tree damage before lifting. The total path length was around 1.1 miles and the total width was 150 yards, in Concordia Parish. The maximum wind speed was 90 mph.

The wider storm

A potent storm system for early Fall impacted the region and a line of showers and thunderstorms moved through the ArkLaMiss region ahead of a cold front. A rare combination of instability and wind shear was in place and storms produced tornadoes, along with damaging winds.

Began near Glade (31.4813, -91.8205).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Catahoula Parish EF1 Catahoula Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 785547. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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