Tornado in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 4, 2019 · Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A photo was received of a waterspout or tornado over a marshy area near Delacroix through social media.

The wider storm

A strong upper air trough moving through the lower Mississippi River Valley aided in the development of numerous thunderstorms, some of which became severe, during the morning hours of the 4th.

Began near Oakville (29.7600, -89.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 815597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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