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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
1225 PM CDT WED OCT 15 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR OCTOBER 6TH, 2025 TORNADO EVENT
 
 
   
UPDATED TO ADD BLIND RIVER/DENSON TORNADO
 
 
   
OVERVIEW
 
A BAND OF MINIATURE SUPERCELLS IN A VERY  
MOIST/TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT FORMED ALONG A CONFLUENT BOUNDARY ACROSS  
SOUTHEAST LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES ON THE MORNING  
OF OCTOBER 6TH BETWEEN 12-6AM CDT. THESE SUPERCELLS WENT ON TO  
PRODUCE 4 TORNADOES, 3 OF WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF  
TANGIPAHOA PARISH. THE TRACK OF AN ADDITIONAL RADAR-CONFIRMED  
TORNADO WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE MARSHES OF SOUTHEAST LIVINGSTON PARISH  
USING HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY.  
   
BLIND RIVER/DENSON, LA EF-0 TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.66 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 10/06/2025  
START TIME: 12:03 AM CDT  
START LOCATION: 6 ESE WHITEHALL / LIVINGSTON PARISH / LA  
START LAT/LON: 30.2282 / -90.615  
 
END DATE: 10/06/2025  
END TIME: 12:08 AM CDT  
END LOCATION: 5 ESE WHITEHALL / LIVINGSTON PARISH / LA  
END LAT/LON: 30.2505 / -90.6235  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
MINOR VEGETATION DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED USING HIGH RESOLUTION  
SATELLITE IMAGERY TO VERIFY THE TRACK OF A RADAR-CONFIRMED EF-  
0 TORNADO THAT OCCURRED NEAR BLIND RIVER, SOUTHEAST OF DENSON, LA  
IN LIVINGSTON PARISH. THIS WEAK TORNADO REMAINED AWAY FROM ANY  
STRUCTURES THOUGH A WEAK, BUT CONCLUSIVE TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE  
WAS VISIBLE ON KHDC RADAR IMAGERY WHICH ALIGNED WITH INTERMITTENT  
MINOR VEGETATION OVER THE MARSH. MOST NOTABLY A FEW TREES WERE  
VISIBLY DISPLACED ON THE BANK OF BLIND RIVER.  
   
TICKFAW, LA EF-1 TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.32 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 10/06/2025  
START TIME: 03:59 AM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 NE HAMMOND / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
START LAT/LON: 30.5322 / -90.4305  
 
END DATE: 10/06/2025  
END TIME: 04:14 AM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 E INDEPENDENCE / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
END LAT/LON: 30.6354 / -90.4594  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE HAMMOND  
NORTHSHORE REGIONAL AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 4AM CDT WHERE PATCHES OF  
LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTH-  
NORTHWEST ACROSS HIGHWAYS 443 AND 1064 WHERE IT MAINTAINED EF-0  
STRENGTH BY SNAPPING SMALL BRANCHES. THE TORNADO REMAINED OVER  
RURAL PARTS OF NORTHERN HAMMOND WHILE STEADILY PICKING UP  
STRENGTH. IT WAS NEARING PEAK INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHED THE  
INTERSECTION OF FALLER RD AND TYCER LN AT 4:06AM WHERE A HOUSE  
LOST AN AWNING AND PARTS OF ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO FINALLY REACH  
PEAK INTENSITY AT AS IT CONTINUED TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND  
APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF FALLER RD AND MCMANUS DR. HERE, A  
HARDWOOD TREE WAS SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE. THE TORNADO MAINTAINED  
THIS PEAK INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHED HIGHWAY 442 WHERE A FEW MORE  
HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO BEGAN WEAKENING AFTER  
THIS POINT AS IT CONTINUED TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST  
AND ACROSS THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER. AS IT CROSSED THE RIVER, IT  
PRACTICALLY PARALLELED S BENNETT RD IN INDEPENDENCE, LA WHERE IT  
MAINLY SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES UNTIL IT LIFTED SHORTLY BEFORE  
HIGHWAY 40 AT 4:14AM.  
   
LORANGER, LA EF-0 TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.60 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 10/06/2025  
START TIME: 04:57 AM CDT  
START LOCATION: 4 N ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
START LAT/LON: 30.5704 / -90.3416  
 
END DATE: 10/06/2025  
END TIME: 05:04 AM CDT  
END LOCATION: 7 N ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
END LAT/LON: 30.6081 / -90.3403  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A BRIEF EF-0 TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 445 ON BAILEY LOOP  
RD IN LORANGER, LA AT 4:57AM CDT WHERE IT BROKE OFF PATCHES OF  
LARGE BRANCHES. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED DUE NORTHWARD INTO FORESTED  
AREAS OF LORANGER BEFORE MAKING IT TO BRADFORD LN. HERE, MORE  
PATCHES OF SMALL AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN BEFORE THE TORNADO  
LIFTED ALONG HIGHWAY 40 STILL AT 5:04AM.  
   
SOUTH ROBERT, LA EF-1 TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.44 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 10/06/2025  
START TIME: 05:11 AM CDT  
START LOCATION: 6 SSE ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
START LAT/LON: 30.4227 / -90.296  
 
END DATE: 10/06/2025  
END TIME: 05:21 AM CDT  
END LOCATION: 4 SE ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA  
END LAT/LON: 30.4698 / -90.2867  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
AN EF-1 TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF ROBERT, LA AT 5:11AM CDT ALONG  
TRAINO RD WHERE A FEW SMALL LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO  
QUICKLY GAINED STRENGTH AS IT MOVED NORTH TOWARDS LA HIGHWAY 22.  
THE TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY AS A 90MPH EF-1 AT 5:14AM ALONG  
HIGHWAY 22 JUST EAST OF THE FAIRHOPE SUBDIVISION WHERE A GROUP OF  
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED. THIS TORNADO MAINTAINED PEAK  
INTENSITY AS IT CONTINUED NORTHWARD TOWARDS CROWN DR AT 5:18AM.  
HERE, MORE SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY  
REMOVED FROM A MANUFACTURED HOME. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN AND  
OCCLUDE AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO BROKE SMALL  
LIMBS AND CAUSED SMALL TREES TO LEAN IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN  
BEFORE LIFTING AT 5:21AM JUST SOUTHWEST OF JASPER LN SOUTH OF  
ROBERT, LA.  
 

 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
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