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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
9.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$5K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 in the Kisatchie National Forest and move northeast crossing Highway 165 where it snapped several trees. The tornado continued northeast moving through the Martin Parks Subdivision where is primarily snapped tree limbs and then dissipated between MacArthur Drive and Interstate 49. Max sustained winds were estimated at 99 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 (01r)afb Gnry Rng Al (31.1978, -92.5794).

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 790267. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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