EF0 Tornado — West Carroll, Louisiana

2021-04-07 · near Oak Grove Roberts Ar, West Carroll, Louisiana

Event narrative

An EF1 tornado developed on the evening of April 7, near the intersection of Costello Road and Coffey Road in West Carroll Parish, LA. The tornado tracked northeast, crossed Hwy 585 near Creech Road, where a metal building system structure was significantly damaged, including the roof being removed and thrown. A home sustained some roof damage as well with several shingles missing. The tornado continued to the northeast, damaged more homes and destroyed a central pivot irrigation system southwest of Kilbourne. The tornado then continued northeast, crossed Hwy 159 north of Kilbourne and moved just north of due east along E Arkla Road. Several structures here were damaged including an outbuilding that was completely destroyed. Finally, the tornado crossed over the roadway and into farmland in Chicot County, AR where it flipped over an additional central pivot irrigation system and damaged more trees before lifting northeast of Kilbourne, south of Albright Road. The total path length was 9.21 miles. The max estimated winds were around 95 mph.

Wider weather episode

Moist southerly flow and daytime heating ahead of a strong trough combined with sufficient wind shear to bring a line of severe storms through the region. Within this line, a few tornadoes and some wind damage occurred across Louisiana and Arkansas and the Delta of Mississippi.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 959617. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.