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EF1 tornado in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Tornado October 27, 2021 · Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

EF1

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

Injury

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The tornado began on Industrial Ave off of Hwy 14. Two large warehouse-sized buildings has sections of their roof and wall collapse. Damage continued on the other side of I-210, where some trees were snapped off of East Prien Lake Road. One person was injured when a window blew in. Max estimated winds were 105 MPH.

The wider storm

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

Began near Chennault Indus Airp (30.2078, -93.1775).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Calcasieu Parish EF1 Beauregard Parish EFU Calcasieu Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 989256. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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