Tornado Reports
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| 12:17Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | St. Landry | Beggs | The tornado touched down just northeast of Bayou Courtableau, causing tree damage and minor roof damage to residential homes on Vista Drive. One carport was destroyed. The tornado continued northeast across Camp Thistlethwaite and I-49 causing additional tree damage. The tornado reached LA-182 where utility poles were leaned over before it dissipated in an open field east of LA-182 and north of Plant Rd. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph. |
| 12:27Z | EF1 | KLCH | LA | Acadia | Peach Bloom | A brief tornado touched down at the leading edge of the squall line before it reached Parish Road 397. Tornado caused tree damage and destroyed a grain bin. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph. |
| 12:38Z | EF1 | KPOE | LA | St. Landry | Port Barre | A brief tornado touched down along the leading edge of the squall line as it reached LA-103, twisting off large tree limbs and snapping tree trunks. Maximum estimated winds were 90 mph. |
| 12:58Z | EF1 | KHDC | LA | Pointe Coupee | Morganza | An EF-1 (110 mph) tornado tracked across portions of Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana Parishes carving out an approximate 24-mile-long path. A combination of on ground and high resolution satellite data was used for this survey. Based on NDVI differencing on satellite analysis, this tornado formed south of Morganza, LA within a powerful line of thunderstorms. The rate in which the tornado grew in size to 250 yards wide. It quickly moved northeast over mainly rural lands before causing more substantial tree and powerline damage as it crossed Morganza Highway when it became wider. The tree damage became increasingly more widespread and intense as the tornado crossed Levee Road and the Mississippi River from Pointe Coupee Parish and entered into West Feliciana Parish. |
| 13:05Z | EF1 | KHDC | LA | West Feliciana | St Francisville | A strong and long-lived tornado entered West Feliciana Parish from Pointe Coupee Parish near the Cat Island Refuge. A combination of in person and NDVI differencing on satellite data was used to survey this tornado. The tree and powerline damage became increasingly more widespread and intense as the tornado crossed Levee Road and the Mississippi River. High resolution satellite imagery identified a focused swath of tree damage (snaps and uproots) roughly 200 yards in width that continued northeast through the Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge up through US Highway 61. Tree damage was observed on Highway 61 with another large swath of tree damage further northeast on Bains Road. Due to the heavily wooded and rural areas, ground surveys were impeded in identifying parts of this track as it continued northeast. Only patches of tree damage was observed in high resolution and identified in a follow up storm survey across Pepper Drive. At this time, a complex handoff to a new stronger tornado (Bains-Spillman) was underway to this tornado's east. The only apparent indication that this tornado damage path continued was difference in damage orientation on the western flank of the broader damage path as it crossed Spillman Road and a separate NDVI damage path was noted west of the new tornado damage path to the east. The exact end point of this tornado was particularly difficult to determine as it interacted and potentially merged with the tornado to its east. The peak winds during its track were approximately 110 mph, EF-1. |
| 13:13Z | EF2 | KHDC | LA | West Feliciana | Beechwood | An EF-2 tornado developed near Bains Road and Oak Grove Road from the culmination of numerous subtornadic vortices which could be evidently seen in linear swaths of tree damage extending southwestward toward US Hwy 61. The tornado continued to organize near Virginia Lane and Belmont Drive causing minor damage to a home and tree damage. Aerial drone footage in conjunction with high resolution satellite imagery and a follow up ground survey uncovered a swath of tree damage with numerous snaps and uproots west of Stirling Rd. As the tornado raced north-northeast, it quickly grew in size and strength and the most significant damage began after the tornado crossed Polk Brannon Road. Aerial drone footage denoted a large section of significant tree damage resulting in 70-80% of tree fall in a strongly convergent pattern. This is where the tornado was estimated to be at its strongest and widest. Ground survey was able to access along Spillman and Jones Vaughn Creek Road where numerous trees were snapped, large hardwood trees were uprooted, and several wooden electrical transmission poles were snapped. The damage path was measured to be around a half mile wide in this vicinity with widespread tornadic damage evident in combination with the Labarre-Bains tornado that was estimated to have crossed just to the west. Ground surveys were impeded in Spillman due to widespread tree damage from this tornado, but the prolific damage path remained between 150 and 350 yards wide as it tracked northeast along Highway 421. The complex interaction between this tornado and the Labarre-Bains tornado at the latter stage of its life likely contributed to the fluctuation in the damage path width. High resolution satellite analysis was used to provide the end point for this tornado in which the tornado finally lifted after crossing into rural parts of Wilkinson County in Mississippi. |
| 13:26Z | EF2 | KHDC | MS | Wilkinson | Turnbull | The remaining portion of a long track tornado entered Wilkinson County from West Feliciana approximately 2.5 miles east of Highway 967 or Jackson Louisiana Road. Ground surveys were impeded due to lack of road access. High resolution satellite analysis was used for this survey. Downed trees indicated that the tornado continued for about 1 mile into Mississippi before it lifted. This was the conclusion of a 16.9 mile long track. |
| 14:49Z | EF1 | KHDC | LA | St. Tammany | North Slidell | A combination of high resolution satellite imagery, ground survey, and radar imagery has aided in the confirmation of a tornado that tracked across Alton and northwest parts of Slidell on the morning of April 10, 2024. This tornado touched down just south of Interstate 12 near Ben Thomas Road and tracked northeast. The tornado crossed Interstate 12 just west of US Highway 11 where the tornado was observed via video confirmation and ground survey of a couple of snapped trees. Additional roof damage to structures near Brownsvillage Rd and J.F. Smith Ave were identified via ground survey and high resolution satellite imagery with debris tossed northward into the nearby fields. Sporadic tree damage continued northeast with more widespread tree damage being identified around Alton Elementary School. The tornado then crossed US Highway 11 where more tree damage was identified along Highway 1091. Damage became more sporadic and the end point of this tornado is harder to discern due to the beginning of a stronger and larger tornado that crossed nearby this area thereafter. The tornado was rated as an EF-1 with peak winds of 95 mph, a maximum width of 200 yards, and path length of almost 5 miles. |
| 15:01Z | EF2 | KHDC | LA | St. Tammany | North Shore | A 9.3 mile long, 120 MPH, EF2 tornado touched down 1 mile north of Eden Isle and tracked east-northeast causing mainly tree damage through the first half mile or so. It then approached Pontchartrain Drive and caused damage to a few businesses. This damage included a business with all windows blown out, minor roof damage to metal buildings, and snapped power poles. It then continued on through a neighborhood causing mainly tree damage and minor roof damage to homes. It crossed onto Old Spanish Trail where the worst of the damage occurred. A metal business building had failure of roof purlins and metal beams bent. Across the street from this metal business building, two apartment buildings suffered moderate roof damage. The tornado then continued on causing mostly tree damage and minor roof damage to apartments in the Fremaux area. It crossed I-10 and continued to cause additional tree damage before it moved through a few neighborhoods just north and south of US-190, causing damage to a few homes roofs. The damage to these roofs was caused by the failure connection between the walls and the roof. Finally it tracked through the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area before snapping a billboard off of Interstate 10 near the Louisiana-Mississippi border. We received reports of multiple injuries but the total number is unknown. |
| 15:03Z | EF1 | KHDC | LA | St. Tammany | North Slidell | High resolution satellite analysis, ground survey, and radar imagery aided in confirming the existence of another tornado that tracked just south of the Interstate 12/10 interchange before crossing the Interstate near Military Road and impacting the neighborhoods along Crawford Landing Road. A localized area of tree damage that aligned along eastbound Exit 83 where branches and trunks were broken or bent east distinctly separates this damage from the damage path to the north and east. This tornado damage is being used as the starting point for the tornado as it aligns with the remainder of the damage path further east. As the tornado tracked east, scattered tree damage was reported across Country Club Blvd with numerous uproots, a few snaps, and many hardwood branches broken. Damage was relatively more sporadic as the tornado crossed near the Interstate interchange until damage became more apparent along Lake Village Blvd and into Crawford Landing Road. Thereafter, the tornado damage path across the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area became increasingly more apparent as the tornado appeared to intensify on high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado damage path was its widest and most intense just west of Perch Lake where the peak width was measured to be near 175 yards before exiting St. Tammany Parish and entering Hancock County along its 10 mile path. It had a peak intensity of EF-1 or 105 mph. |
| 15:06Z | EF2 | KHDC | LA | St. Tammany | St Joe | The beginning of a long-lived EF-2 tornado developed near Pearl River, LA near the intersection of US Highway 11 and LA Highway 41 where numerous tree branches were snapped and tossed east. A combination of high resolution satellite and radar imagery analysis indicated that this tornado quickly grew in size and intensity after it crossed Interstate 59. Widespread tree damage could be seen on true color satellite imagery growing to a damage path as wide as 300 yards over the Pearl River Basin. Extensive wind damage could be seen extending outward half a mile south of the tornado path as the tornado approached the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Damage to a metal outbuilding was observed after the tornado crossed into Stennis Space Center. This began a very complex interaction of tornado dissipation and genesis around southern Stennis where the damage path of this tornado abruptly ends. |
| 15:14Z | EF2 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Gainesville | A tornado exited St Tammany Parish and entered into Hancock County by crossing the Pearl River due west of the Stennis Space Center main gate entrance. A combination of high resolution satellite and radar imagery analysis was used for this survey. Widespread tree damage could be seen on true color satellite imagery growing to a damage path as wide as 300 yards over the Pearl River Basin. Damage to a metal outbuilding was observed after the tornado crossed into Stennis Space Center. This began a very complex interaction of tornado dissipation and genesis around southern Stennis where the damage path of this tornado abruptly ends. The total path length of this tornado, including developing in St Tammany Parish, was 8 miles. Peak intensity was EF-2. |
| 15:14Z | EF0 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Gainesville | A tornado crossed the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area from St. Tammany Parish into Hancock County west of Stennis. It became increasingly more apparent as the tornado appeared to intensify on high resolution satellite imagery at this time. The tornado damage path was its widest and most intense just west of Perch Lake where the peak width was measured to be near 175 yards. This coincided with the tornado to the south occluding and dissipating which appeared to have given it a boost. After this point, the tornado damage path began to narrow and weaken as the tornado occluded into the tornado to its north. Mostly EF0 damage points were associated with this damage path as the tornado dissipated entering the property of Stennis Space Center. Peak estimated winds over the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area were 105 mph, or EF-1. |
| 15:15Z | EF1 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Gainesville | One of two new tornadoes developed and wrapped into a mesovortex along the southern periphery of Stennis Space Center. This was the southern of the 2 tornadoes that was on the ground at the same time over Stennis. Widespread tree damage occurred near the south gate as well as a light pole that was removed from its concrete pedestal. While ground surveying was limited in and around Stennis Space Center, high resolution satellite imagery identified a swath of sporadic damage continued northeastward through Texas Flat Road though some of this was hard to discern between tornadic and straight-line wind. Numerous snapped softwood trees and a leaning transmission pole were observed. The damage path gradually became less obvious as the tornado moved northeast and the end points are associated with a defined linear swath of damage observed in the NDVI differencing on high resolution satellite just north of the Jourdan River. The wind damage that occurred beyond this point was reasoned to be non-tornadic. |
| 15:15Z | EF1 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Gainesville | A second EF-1 tornado damage path was identified using high resolution satellite imagery. This path was distinctly separated from the tornado damage path to its south and began near H Rd and Old Highway 43. The tornado tracked southeast, just south of the NDBC, before turning east along the canal. The ground survey team found a swath of trees snapped and uprooted along the northern side of the canal, but further ground survey was limited further into Stennis Space Center. The end point for this tornado was estimated based off high resolution satellite imagery which showed a weakening swath of tree damage southeast of a water reservoir continuing northeast toward Ruffin Road. Maximum sustained winds were estimated near 100 mph, or EF-1. |
| 15:17Z | EF1 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Gainesville | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum sustained winds of 95 mph was identified using high resolution satellite imagery over the northern portions of Stennis Space Center grounds. This tornado started fairly broad and likely multi-vortex with a damage swath extending from Leonard Kimble Road and further north along Mainline Road. High resolution satellite imagery indicated the tree damage path continued eastward where it crossed Texas Flat Road. Branches were broken and a few snapped trees were observed in a generally confluent pattern. The end point for this tornado is estimated based off high resolution satellite NDVI differencing as it interacted with the parent mesovortex to the south and appeared to dissipate. The tornado was rated as an EF-1 with peak winds of 100 mph, a maximum width of 200 yards, and path length of 5.28 miles. |
| 15:23Z | EF1 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Bay St Louis Arpt | An EF-1 100MPH tornado was identified using high resolution satellite imagery NDVI differencing. This tornado tracked over inaccessible rural lands north of Texas Flat Road along Catahoula Creek and Jourdan River before eventually dissipating as it interacted with the parent mesovortex to its east. Numerous uprooted and snapped trees were identified in a swath along the river basin on high resolution satellite imagery which aided in the rating of this tornado. |
| 15:23Z | EFU | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Bay St Louis Arpt | A short-tracked tornado was identified using high resolution satellite imagery NDVI differencing. This tornado tracked over inaccessible rural lands north of Texas Flat Road along Catahoula Creek and Jourdan River before eventually dissipating as it interacted with the parent mesovortex to its east. The degree of damage could not be completed with enough confidence to determine an EF rating. Thus the rating for this tornado is unknown. |
| 15:28Z | EF1 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Kiln | An embedded tornado following along the backside of the mesovortex was identified using high resolution satellite imagery NDVI differencing where more localized damage to trees and structures were identified via ground survey. The roofs of a large barn and single family home were moderately damaged. This tornado tracked primarily along MS Highway 43 with the most widespread damage being located along the curve in Cuevas Road where a swath of trees appeared to be damaged on satellite imagery in addition to observed damage with ground survey. This is where the tornado appeared to be at its strongest. Thereafter, the damage path in NDVI differencing gradually weakens and the tornado is estimated to have dissipated as it crossed the Silver Creek Acres neighborhood where tree damage was found near Violet Street and Gardenia Street in Kiln. The tornado was rated as an EF-1 with peak winds of 100 mph, a maximum width of 150 yards, and path length of 3 miles. |
| 15:31Z | EF0 | KHDC | MS | Hancock | Kiln | High resolution satellite imagery aided in identifying yet another embedded tornado that trailed the parent mesovortex that tracked through the area. More localized tree damage in addition to an evident damage path on NDVI differencing helped to confirm the existence of this tornado which tracked from Firetower Road east-southeastward to Old Joe Moran Road. The end point is estimated per satellite imagery which occurred over inaccessible rural lands. |
| 15:40Z | EF0 | KHDC | MS | Harrison | Ligana | As the mesovortex tracked east into Harrison County, another tornado developed on the trailing flank of it and tracked east-southeast over primarily inaccessible rural land near the Wolf River. High resolution satellite imagery NDVI differencing identified a scalloped path that starts near F Malley Road in Dedeaux, MS and continues east-southeast where a ground survey identified numerous large tree branches snapped as well as a mobile home that had slid off its blocks. The tornado crossed River Road with minimal damage evident although the track remained visible on NDVI differencing as it crossed the Wolf River. The most notable tree damage from this tornado appears to be located along the river bank, but is not accessible to provide a rating for. The apparent track of the tornado continues east across Wolf River Road and appears to conclude just short of Alcede Lizana Road. |
| 15:44Z | EF1 | KMOB | MS | Harrison | Ligana | This brief tornado quickly raced southeast causing tree damage across rural areas of Hancock County including across Northrup Cuevas Road, just north of a longer-lived tornado that tracked near Wolf River. NDVI differencing helped to identify this tornado damage path which aligned with the ground survey of a rolled manufactured home on Moran Road. The tornado then lifted shortly thereafter. |
| 16:14Z | EF0 | KMOB | MS | Jackson | Vestry | High resolution satellite imagery in conjunction with KMOB radar imagery helped to confirm the existence of a weak EF-0 65MPH tornado that tracked through rural parts of the Jackson County on April 10, 2024. Only minor tree damage was noted on satellite imagery. |
| 17:20Z | EF1 | KMOB | AL | Mobile | Georgetown | Brief EF-1 tornado begun on Brighton Ct removing a home's roof. It|appears the roof was removed due to a garage door failure leading|to almost complete removal. An exterior wall in the garage was|bowed out; however, a lower wind speed was assigned due to the|failure mode being the garage door and absolute lack of any other|damage surrounding the house. The tornado then crossed northwest|across Brighton Dr and dissipated near Brandy Ct while snapping some|large hardwood branches and a fence blown inward resulting in a |convergent path. |
| 18:33Z | EF1 | KMOB | FL | Escambia | Belleview | Tornado began along Pine Forest Rd and quickly tracked northeast towards Hillcrest Ave. Numerous very large generational live oaks were uprooted with a couple snapped trunks. One of the live oaks fell on a home causing significant damage to the home, but no injuries. The tornado continued northeast with a clear convergence track and several more uprooted hardwoods. Three mobile homes were crushed by uprooted trees along cycle drive before the tornado passed over Pine Forrest High School.The tornado may have been intermittent and discontinous during this path before damage was found near Kyle Dr. and Rolling hills rd where numerous hard and softwoods were uprooted and snapped including several significant hardwood snaps. This is where the highest damage occured before traveling and dissipating somehwere near I10. |
| 18:46Z | EF1 | KMOB | FL | Santa Rosa | Floridatown | The tornado began just southwest of Sterling way near Escambia Bay. The tornado quickly intensified as it approached Peach Dr. where numerous homes suffered shingle damage. A very large oak tree was snapped with several other large hardwood branches snapped. Numerous homes lost fences and as a result the tornado was rated at its peak intensity here. The tornado continued northeast across peach Dr towards Red Cedar Rd. Numerous homes suffered shingle damage, large branches removed from trees and fencing damage. A small metal shed was lifted and deposited on Red Cedar Lane and another house had multiple 2x4s shot into the side of the house. A very small but noticeable convergent path was located here. The tornado then rapidly weakened as it approached bell lane where some smaller branches were snapped. Update 4/16/2024 After review of available Planet satellite imagery, it was determined the tornado began prior to the L N railroad crossing, moving onshore off Escambia Bay. Special thanks to NASA SPoRT for providing the imagery to support this extension in the tornado path. This portion of the track was solely in the forest and will be re-assessed later for assigning DI's if higher resolution satellite imagery becomes available. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).