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EF1 tornado in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 27, 2021 · Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$5K

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

A tornado touched down along and near Hwy 109 in western Beauregard Parish, snapping or uprooting several trees. Max estimated winds were 110 MPH.

The wider storm

A vigorous system moved through the region during the 27th spawning a few tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.

Began near Helme (30.4258, -93.6528).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989254. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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