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EF1 tornado in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Tornado May 17, 2020 · Allen Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

4.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

A small tornado touched down near US Hwy 165, a little south of the airport. It moved along parts of Ward Rd. Several trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.

The wider storm

A slow moving upper level low moved out of Texas and across Louisiana. Multiple tornadoes occurred when the disturbance passed.

Began near Ward (30.7461, -92.7104).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Acadia Parish 1 dead EF0 Cameron Parish EF0 Calcasieu Parish EF0 Evangeline Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 895545. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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