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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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