Tornado in Richland Parish, Louisiana

This tornado started off of Newlight Road in Richland Parish where it snapped a few large branches. The tornado continued north along Newlight Road where it continued to snap trees along the way. The tornado turned northeast towards Highway 425 where it snapped a power pole along with a few more trees. The tornado continued northeast across Sayre Lake Road snapping trees. This tornado continued northeast into Franklin Parish where it crossed Punchard Road and destroyed a mobile home and also snapped more trees. The tornado continued across the intersection of Punchard Road and LA Highway 132 where it took the shingles off of a mobile home. The tornado ended just north of LA Highway 132, snapping a couple of more trees. Max winds were 105 mph and the total path length was 4.77 miles.

This tornado began around the intersection of Bill Taylor Road and Augustus Road. The tornado was videoed as it continued east northeast across a field north of Bill Taylor Road, where it overturned an irrigation pivot. The tornado then crossed Middle Road, flipping a mobile home on its side and atop a vehicle. Four occupants of the mobile home sustained minor injuries. Numerous trees were snapped at this location as well. The tornado reached its widest point as it continued eastward across Newlight Road, causing minor damage to two mobile homes and a shed, and damaging the roof of another house. The tornado then crossed Big Creek into Franklin Parish, and ended as it crossed US Highway 425 just north of Baskin. Here, trees were damaged and a home sustained minor damage. The maximum estimated wind speed of the entire path was 105mph.

A weak tornado touched down in a wooded area off Horace Moore Road and tracked northeast through the town of Start, generally along the bayou, and then dissipated a few miles northeast of Start. Before reaching Start, this tornado moved through open fields but did down some trees on the field edges. After the tornado crossed I-20, more concentrated trees were snapped and uprooted along Overland Stage Road and by the railroad track. Here, a metal shed was destroyed. Additional snapped and a few uprooted trees were noted along Highway 80 and Trister Road, Crewlake Loop, Graves Trail, and Trister Lane. There were also three homes with shingle damage and two metal carports that were thrown. From here, the tornado continued northeast, generally along the bayou and downed several more trees. A more focused area of trees were damaged along Conley Road. Damage became more limited from here, but some tree damage was noted along field edges west of Highway 133. The maximum estimated winds were 86 mph.