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EF2 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Avoyelles 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

This tornado developed in Rapides Parish. The most significant damage was to a new home on Bordelon Road, built of steel beams and metal sheets. A large roll up door was blown in, and picked up an outside AC unit, tossing it into the garage. The steel beams were bent in three-fourths of the building. Half of the metal roof was blown off, and what remained shifted several inches. One exterior wall shifted several inches. Several other homes on Bordelon Street had part of their roofs removed. Many trees were snapped and power lines were downed. The tornado continued on past midnight for several minutes and into November 1st. The peak estimated wind speed 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 Bunkie Muni Arpt (31.0081, -92.2183).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Allen ParishEF2 Rapides ParishEF1 Calcasieu ParishEF1 Calcasieu ParishEF1 Calcasieu ParishEF1 Beauregard ParishEF1 Beauregard ParishEF1 Beauregard ParishEF1 Rapides ParishEF1 Rapides ParishEF0 Cameron Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 789832. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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