What the record says
On 8 April 1993, a tornado touched down near Grand Isle, Louisiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 6 miles long and up to 250 yards wide, rated F2 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 39.
- F2Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 39injuries
- 6 mipath length
- 250 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 29.20, -90.17 and the end point at 29.25, -90.00 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Louisiana
- Delhi, Louisiana tornado21 February 1971, F5, 47 deaths, 510 injuries, 109.2 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Lockport, Louisiana tornado3 October 1964, F4, 22 deaths, 165 injuries, 1.5 miles long
- Logansport, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F4, 18 deaths, 77 injuries, 82.6 miles long
- Tallulah, Louisiana tornado24 April 2010, EF4, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, 149 miles long
- New Llano, Louisiana tornado3 December 1953, F4, 9 deaths, 50 injuries, 85.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1993
- Tulsa, Oklahoma tornado24 April 1993, F4, 7 deaths, 100 injuries, 5.5 miles long
- Petersburg, Virginia tornado6 August 1993, F4, 4 deaths, 246 injuries, 1 mile long
- Leesburg, Georgia tornado30 October 1993, F2, 3 deaths, 27 injuries, 5 miles long
- Chiefland, Florida tornado12 March 1993, F2, 3 deaths, 10 injuries, 1 mile long
- Dorrance, Kansas tornado7 May 1993, F4, 1 death, 6 injuries, 25.5 miles long
All tornadoes of 1993 · Louisiana tornado history · All notable tornadoes