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EF1 tornado in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

26.4 mi

Whole path

600 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 600 yards (0.34 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 tornado formed north of LA 110 west of Longville and moved northeast across Cook McCoy Road where it damaged trees and outbuildings. The tornado crossed Wesley Coleman Road and paralleled Brittney Lane snapping trees and power poles in addition to damaging outbuildings. The tornado reached its maximum width near Keller Road where it snapped numerous pine trees. The tornado continued northeast crossing US 171 south of Memorial Church road. The tornado continued northeastward through rural

parts of Beauregard Parish. The tornado crossed Greentown Road where it snapped trees and caused damage to part of a house. The tornado dissipated near LA 391 northwest of Dry Creek. Estimated peak winds were 110 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 Singer (30.6066, -93.3325).

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 EF2 Rapides Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF0 Cameron Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790135. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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