EF1 Tornado — Evangeline, Louisiana
2020-05-08 · near Mamou, Evangeline, Louisiana
$150K
Property damage
0.6 mi
Path length
100 yds
Path width
Event narrative
A tornado briefly touched down in Mamou, blowing down some trees and damaging a few homes and businesses. One business had the roof removed. The max estimated wind speed was 100 mph.
Wider weather episode
A cold front moved into Louisiana and stalled on the 5th causing a round of severe weather. A second front moved in during the 8th causing another round.
View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.6317, -92.4207)
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 895036. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.