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EF1 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Tornado June 6, 2019 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 186 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado started near Hypolite Miller Road south of 754. The tornado moved northeast across 754 damaging a shed and then damaged trees and cars along Dargin Road along with minor mobile home damage. The tornado continued along Mills road where it took the roof off of a home. Along the remainder of the path only trees and power lines were damaged all the way to the east of Smittys road. The maximum estimated wind speed was 110 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 Shuteston (30.4053, -92.1262).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836902. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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