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EF1 tornado in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Tornado November 1, 2018 · Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

12.6 mi

Whole path

350 yd

Path width

$12K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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 started in remote areas east of Marksville, and moved across Lake Ophelia Wildlife Refuge, where numerous trees were blown down or snapped. At Russells Landing, many trees were blown down or snapped. One landed on an RV. The tornado continued into the wildlife refuge.

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 Marksville (31.1468, -91.9918).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Avoyelles Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 793221. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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