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EF0 tornado in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 31, 2018 · Cameron Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 weak tornado damaged 1 home and broke small branches along Granger Lane in Cameron Parish. The tornado developed in a field then dissipated in a field before reaching the next street. Maximum estimated winds were 79 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 Grand Lake (30.0456, -93.2328).

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 Beauregard Parish EF1 Rapides Parish EF1 Rapides Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790276. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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