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EF1 tornado in Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Tornado June 6, 2019 · Livingston Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
0.6 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 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 NWS storm survey found damage consistent with an EF1 tornado south of Killian, near Austin Street. The tornado touched down southwest of Austin Street, snapping and uprooting numerous trees. The storm continued northeastward, snapping a line of softwood and hardwood trees. The trees landed in crossed directions indicating rotation. The tornado progressed northeast, uprooting a tree in a cemetery, before it lifted as it approached Louisiana Highway 22. Estimated peak wind 105 mph, path length 0.62 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.

Began near Killian (30.3421, -90.5910).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Ascension ParishEF1 East Baton Rouge ParishEF1 Ascension ParishEF1 Livingston ParishEF1 St. James ParishEF1 Lafourche ParishEF0 Assumption Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 820978. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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