Tornado in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

At least 30-40 homes and businesses were damaged when a tornado tore through Lake Arthur. Most of the damage was roof damage, although several homes had windows and walls damaged from flying debris. The water tower had a large radio antenna fall from it. Numerous trees and power lines were down.

Another large tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Elton to the east of Highway 395 as the previous tornado began to dissipate to the west. This tornado damaged a shed along Dan Buller Road, before moving northward and striking Elton. A 3 block wide swath of damage resulted in the western portion of the town, generally between Washington Street and Henderson Street. Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down, with a few trees falling on houses. Several homes received minor roof damage, with a few poorly constructed homes and mobile homes losing their entire tin roofs. Some streets were completely covered with debris from homes and trees. The sporadic nature of the damage was indicative of a multiple vortex structure to the tornado. In total, fifteen homes were damaged in Elton, with four homes completely destroyed. Local officials stated the damage was considerably worse than seen from Hurricane Rita. After leaving Elton, the tornado continued northward into Allen Parish.

The Tornado began east of LA-101 along Ardoin Cove Road, causing damage to trees and a mobile home. A metal building had part of its roof removed, which was thrown into a field. The tornado moved east-northeast, crossing Parish Road 720A and causing damage to utility poles, then crossing LA-1131 causing damage to trees and mobile homes. The tornado continued east-northeast toward LeBlanc Road causing damage to several metal outbuildings, then passed through agricultural fields before crossing Abell|Road west of East Bayou Lacassine. The tornado caused additional tree damage north of Abell Road prior to dissipating west of LA-99.