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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
535 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR OCTOBER 6TH, 2025 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A BAND OF MINIATURE SUPERCELLS IN A VERY MOIST/TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT FORMED ALONG
A CONFLUENT BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN THE MORNING ON OCTOBER 6TH
BETWEEN 3-6AM CDT. THESE SUPERCELLS WENT ON TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 3 TORNADOES ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH. THERE MAY BE FURTHER UPDATES/ADDITIONS AT A
LATER DATE AS MORE DATA GETS LOOKED AT (I.E. SATELLITE) IN THE FUTURE.
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. THE TORNADO 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 APPROACHES 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 IS 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 AT
5:04AM. 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/: 3.42 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 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 HIGHWAY 22. THE
TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY AS A 90MPH EF-1 AT 5:14AM ALONG
HIGHWAY 20 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.
JZ/TJS
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