EF1 tornado — Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 16, 2019 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

2.7 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

The tornado touched down on Hecker Road, where it tore a front porch awning off a home, and blew down many tree limbs. Further southeast on River Road, several trees were snapped at the base. A portable building was rolled over in one yard. An RV

flipped out of a driveway and landed on a house, causing considerable damage to the wall and roof of the brick house. Two barns on the property lost their roofs. A large sturdy portable building was pushed 5 feet off its piling, and the roof was ripped off. Much of this debris was blown into neighboring homes and barns causing damage

to them as well. A neighboring mobile home lost a portion of its roof. Trees were also blown down on Dennison Road and Sidney Leger Road, before the tornado dissipated. The max wind speed was estimated at 110 MPH.

The wider storm

A warm front lifted north across Southwest Louisiana. Scattered showers and storms occurred with some becoming severe.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 862076. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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