Power Outage in Elton, LA

Another large tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Elton to the east of Highway 395 as the previous tornado began to dissipate to the west. This tornado damaged a shed along Dan Buller Road, before moving northward and striking Elton. A 3 block wide swath of damage resulted in the western portion of the town, generally between Washington Street and Henderson Street. Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down, with a few trees falling on houses. Several homes received minor roof damage, with a few poorly constructed homes and mobile homes losing their entire tin roofs. Some streets were completely covered with debris from homes and trees. The sporadic nature of the damage was indicative of a multiple vortex structure to the tornado. In total, fifteen homes were damaged in Elton, with four homes completely destroyed. Local officials stated the damage was considerably worse than seen from Hurricane Rita. After leaving Elton, the tornado continued northward into Allen Parish.

The same supercell that spawned the tornado near Lake Arthur produced a large, long track multiple vortex tornado that touched down south of Highway 90 just east of Farm Supply Road to the southeast of Roanoke. The tornado moved to the north-northeast and crossed Highway 90 around 2 miles east of Roanoke, it produced a half-mile wide damage path along the highway. In this area, a farmhouse received minor damage to the roof, a barn was moderately damaged, and a metal silo was destroyed. In addition, a few trees and several large tree limbs were blown down, and several wooden transmission power poles were snapped in half. ||Continuing northward, the tornado then passed across Interstate 10, blowing an 18-wheeler and several cars into the median of the highway, and knocking down a few trees. The driver of the 18-wheeler was injured and required hospitalization, and the eastbound lanes of the interstate were closed for several hours. An NWS employee located 1 mile east of the tornado took photographs and video as it crossed the interstate. Further to the north, several trees were blown down along Aaron Road and Dave Williams Road, and the metal roof of a home on Koll Road was blown off. After crossing Grand Marais Road just west of Elton Drive, the tornado damaged the carport of a home and severely damaged a barn. ||The tornado then began moving north-northwestward, blowing down a few trees along Bryan Road and Ardoin Road, before crossing Highway 102 about 2 miles west of Hathaway where it blew down more trees. Curving more northward, the tornado then began moving along Highway 395, where it blew down trees along both sides of the highway and caused minor damage to the roof of one home on Bucklin Road. Continuing northward through the community of China, the tornado finally dissipated to the north of China Cemetary Road, just west of Highway 395.