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EF2 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF2

Rating

5.7 mi

Path length

800 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

This tornado began in October and continued into the first few minutes of November. Many trees were snapped and power lines downed near Hessmer. The tornado dissipated before reaching Highway 1 in Mansura. The maximum estimated winds were 122 MPH.

The wider storm

A strong storm system moved across the south and spawned an outbreak of tornadoes in Louisiana. The severe weather began late Halloween and went into early November 1st. One long lived tornado was ongoing at midnight.

Began near Norma (31.0403, -92.1475).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Avoyelles Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 793220. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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