3/22 Tornado That Hit New Orleans Strongest On Record In The City: Multivortex F3, 160 MPH Winds
The deadly and destructive tornado that struck eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night was confirmed as an EF3 on the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita scale for tornado intensity, the National Weather Service reported Thursday. Its peak winds reached 160 mph, making it the strongest tornado to strike the city on record.
The tornado was on the ground for 11.5 miles, between 7:21 and 7:38 p.m. local time, the Weather Services damage survey determined. It reached a maximum width of 320 yards. The twister produced its most severe damage near Arabi in St. Bernard Parish, La. where one person died and at least two people were injured.
It was a very narrow, intense tornado with two areas of concentrated EF3 damage, the Weather Service wrote. It described one house swept off its raised foundation with all walls and the roof destroyed and another that held together but was shifted about 50 yards to the north and rotated about 90 degrees.
The strength of the tornados winds surpassed the EF3 that struck just a few miles to the north of Arabi on Feb. 2, 2017, previously New Orleans strongest on record. That tornado, which damaged hundreds of homes and injured dozens of people, had peak winds of 150 mph.
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