EF0 tornado — Assumption Parish, Louisiana

EF0 tornado in Assumption Parish, Louisiana

Tornado June 6, 2019 · Assumption Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 NWS storm survey found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado northwest of Paincourtville. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Pierre Part Road and County Road 1004, causing a power pole to lean sideways. It then traveled northeastward through a field and crossed County Road 1003. It continued northeastward toward Virginia Street, where it tore off a corner piece of metal off an old mobile home and damaged some large tree branches in the area. It then lifted just northeast of Virginia Street. Estimated peak wind 80 mph, path length 1.7 miles, path width 50 yards.

The wider storm

A stationary front along the Interstate 10-12 corridor provided the focus for the development of severe thunderstorms during the morning hours. Several tornadoes occurred over southeast Louisiana.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 820945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF0 tornado in Assumption Parish, Louisiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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