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EF2 tornado in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Allen Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

13.3 mi

Whole path

900 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 900 yards (0.51 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 strong tornado started south of Highway 10, and as it crossed the highway it snapped several power poles. The tornado then moved down Cypress Creek Road, where it snapped numerous trees and power lines. The tornado then moved into Evangeline Parish. Estimate peak wind was 118 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 Oakdale (30.7914, -92.6606).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Rapides Parish EF2 Rapides Parish EF1 Calcasieu 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 789829. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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