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EF1 tornado in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 22, 2020 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

EF1
Rating
3.9 mi
Path length
500 yd
Path width
$100K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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

Tornado started east of Chickamaw Road in an open field then damaged a shed and took shingles off a roof on Hwy 456 before crossing Hwy 71. There it damaged another building before crossing Lamourie Road. It damaged out buildings and snapped power lines. It dissipated north of Lamourie Road in a field. Max estimated winds were 110 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front drifted into the area and stalled while multiple disturbances passed aloft. This produced multiple rounds of severe weather over multiple days.

Began near Lamourie (31.1222, -92.4355).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Rapides Parish 1 deadEF2 Rapides ParishEF2 Newton CountyEF2 Avoyelles ParishEF1 Vernon ParishEF1 Rapides ParishEF1 Avoyelles ParishEF1 Acadia ParishEF1 Avoyelles Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 887042. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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