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It’s official – a tornado tore through New Orleans on Wednesday morning.
According to meteorologists with the National Weather Service (NWS), a tornado with max winds of 85 miles per hour touched down around 2 a.m. near Carrollton and Claiborne avenues before crossing through the Central Business District and jumping the Mississippi River to Algiers Point.
Tornadoes are ranked on what s called an
Enhanced Fujita Scale from 0 to 5 based on the type of damage they caused. This was the weakest possible an EF0 but still ripped up trees, tore off tree limbs, and tore a tin roof off of the Amtrak terminal as it passed across the city.
Weather to be key factor as NWS to assist in NTSB Seacor investigation
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The week of April 13th, meteorologists had an eye on the consistent rain and thunderstorms across southern Louisiana.
“We knew there were going to be some strong to severe thunderstorms,” said The National Weather Service’s Lauren Nash.
As the winds picked up that Tuesday, the warnings went out and the National Weather Service turned to helping the Coast Guard respond to the capsized Seacor Power off the Gulf Coast.