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EF0 tornado in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Tornado June 5, 2019 · Cameron Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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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

The tornado began in the marsh just south of Highway 82 and moved

northwest. Half of a tin roof was removed from a shed and multiple

trees had broken limbs. The tornado dissipated after moving over a

pond northeast of the shed. Max estimated wind speed was 85 mph.

The wider storm

Deep moisture streamed into the area ahead of an upper level trough and weak cold front. Precipitable water values ranged from 2 to 2.5 with the slow moving system which caused efficient rain producing storms and lead to flash flooding. Several tornadoes also occurred.

Began near Creole (29.7847, -93.0991).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Evangeline Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish EF1 St. Landry Parish EF0 Acadia Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836830. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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