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The tornado continued through heavily forested areas along the remainder of its path, possibly dissipating and reforming into a new tornado. It passed through Ten Broeck and the northern edge of Sylvania before ending, having traveled at least 105 mi (169 km ) and possibly as long as 125 mi (201 km) within one hour and 35 minutes.
0–9. March 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak; 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak; April 1924 tornado outbreak; 1938 Rodessa, Louisiana tornado; Tornado outbreak of February 11–13, 1950
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak: November 9, 1926: Mid-Atlantic – 17 fatalities, 65 injuries: 17 people killed at schools in La Plata. An F4 tornado also hit the area on April 28, 2002. Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak: November 25–26, 1926: South: ≥27: 107 fatalities, 451 injuries
This tornado behaved in an atypical manner as it moved toward the north-northwest. This tornado damaged or destroyed 19 houses, and its total path length may have been as high as 13 mi (21 km) since it may have ended north of Lyon. A total of 11 people were injured, and estimated losses totaled $25,000. [7] [29] [30]
The first and most destructive of the tornadoes was a violent F4 tornado touched down on the eastern bank of the Red River in Bossier City, Louisiana, at approximately 1:50 a.m. CST. The tornado produced a path up to .5 miles (0.8 km) wide and nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) long through the heart of Bossier City.
In Louisiana the tornado wrecked 12 homes, killing a third person. The tornado killed hundreds of chickens as well. In all, 37 people were injured along the path. This tornado belonged to the same family as the Shreveport F4 and ended near Logansport, Louisiana. [18] [27] [28] [29] [20] F2† Near Hell Creek† Union: Mississippi
Most of the casualties occurred as a result of the 1964 Larose tornado that devastated the northern outskirts of Larose, Louisiana, becoming the deadliest hurricane-generated tornado on record since 1900 and one of only two violent tornadoes (F4+) recorded in the southern Gulf Coast region of Louisiana. The tornado was also one of only two F4s ...
The next year, a monument to the Prince de Polignac, a Confederate officer, was erected at the site. [7] This was the first monument at the site. [8] That same year, state congressman W. H. Farmer introduced legislation to provide $5,000 of state funds for the site. [9] Governor of Louisiana Henry L. Fuqua signed Farmer's bill into law in July ...