Tornado in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado July 18, 2019 · St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

100 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

The Michoud Facility Emergency Manager reported a large waterspout near the Bayou Bienvenue Lock south of the the Great Flood Barrier. Photo was taken from the Lockheed Martin Facility.

The wider storm

An isolated thunderstorm developed a waterspout near Bayou Bienvenue that briefly reached land before dissipating.

Began near Meraux (30.0000, -89.8600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 835393. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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