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EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

126 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 126 yards (0.07 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 brief tornado touched down just south of the MCNeese university causing damage to trees, roofs and carports. The old Kroger store also sustained damage. Estimated peak winds were 107 MPH.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved across the south and spawned an outbreak of tornadoes in Southeast Texas and Louisiana. The severe weather began late in the evening and went into early November 1st. A few tornadoes were long lived.

Began near (lch)lk Charles Muni (30.1755, -93.2231).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Allen Parish EF2 Rapides Parish EF2 Rapides Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF0 Cameron Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 789816. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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