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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
12.8 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width
$17K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 rural tornado began near Hwy 462, moving east-northeast. Several trees were blown down or snapped along East River Road and Ashmore Road. Maximum estimated 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 Union Hill (30.9198, -92.7315).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 789835. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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