Power Outage in Roanoke, LA

NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF0 tornado began southwest of the Lyons Road and Mouton Road intersection and ended northwest of Highway 26 and Bobby Road. Several power poles were knocked down along Mouton Road and Lyons Road. A mobile home lost part of its roof on Bobby Road, and tree limbs were blown down along the path.

An EF0 Tornado began south of Pom Roy Road and moved north-northeastward, damaging several trees. As the tornado crossed Highway 14 about 4 miles west of Lake Arthur, it damaged several more trees at homes on the south side of the highway and blew around some outdoor furniture. The tornado then continued north-northeastward across rural areas, knocking down a power pole on Highway 380 and blowing down a swath of sugarcane along Rouch Road. A resident of Thornwell photographed the tornado as it traveled through this area. More power poles and power lines were blown down as the tornado crossed Lyons Road just south of Guidry Road. The tornado then curved northward and north-northwestward, crossing back over Lyons Road just north of Mouton Road, where it knocked down several more power poles before dissipating.

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.