977
NOUS44 KSHV 102008
PNSSHV
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-110815-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/10/2026 TORNADO EVENT
..TORNADO #1: COUSHATTA, LA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.41 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 84 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 01/10/2026
START TIME: 12:04 AM CST
START LOCATION: 3 ESE COUSHATTA / RED RIVER PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.999 / -93.2911
END DATE: 01/10/2026
END TIME: 12:06 AM CST
END LOCATION: 3 ESE COUSHATTA / RED RIVER PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 32.0015 / -93.2855
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AROUND MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 10TH, 2026 A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF COUSHATTA. ROTATION THEN QUICKLY
DEVELOPED NEAR HWY 480, SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF COUSHATTA, MOVING
EAST. A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN ON HWY 71 NEAR THE ROLLING
HILLS TRAILER PARK. FORTUNATELY, NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND,
HOWEVER, MULTIPLE LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED OFF OF NEARBY
SOFTWOOD TREES AND SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE FOUND UPROOTED AND
WITH LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY. AS THE
TORNADO CROSSED HWY 71, IT MOVED INTO A FIELD WHERE ADDITIONAL
SOFTWOOD TREES WERE FOUND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIKELY
THEN LIFTED AS IT MOVED FARTHER INTO THE FIELD/HEAVILY WOODED
RURAL AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE WAS THEN FOUND IN THE GRAND
BAYOU RESORT CAMPGROUND AREA, WITH A FEW LARGE BRANCHES OFF OF
NEARBY TREES BLOWN DOWN.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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