EF0 tornado in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Tornado February 12, 2008 · Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

15 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.

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 weak tornado briefly touched down in an empty field causing no damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed across southeast Louisiana in advance of a strong upper level disturbance and an assoicated cold front.

Began near Myrtle Grove (29.6300, -89.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Tangipahoa Parish 1 dead EF0 St. Helena Parish EF0 St. Charles Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 84002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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