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EF2 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

7.8 mi

Whole path

800 yd

Path width

$410K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 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

The tornado started near US Highway 71 near Cheneyville, snapping

several power poles and downing trees. The tornado then moved into Avoyelles Parish. Maximum estimated wind was 122 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 Cheneyville (30.9874, -92.2640).

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 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 789831. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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