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EF1 tornado in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Allen Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
26.4 mi
Whole path
500 yd
Path width
$67K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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

The tornado developed in Beauregard Parish and moved into Allen Parish. Numerous trees and power lines were downed on Highway 26 in Allen Parish causing the highway to be closed temporarily. Estimated maximum winds were 105 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 Grant (30.7388, -92.9772).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 789834. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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