A large, destructive tornado hit New Orleans Tuesday evening, causing severe damage and killing at least one person. A 26-year-old man was reported dead after first responders found him outside his home around 10 p.m. local time.
Social media footage revealed a large, powerful tornado ripping across the night sky. It appeared to be a multi-vortex twister, with at least one additional funnel orbiting around a primary wedge-shaped cone.“This is something I’d hope I would never see,” New Orleans broadcast meteorologist Margaret Orr told viewers as her station, WDSU, captured the tornado in the distance.About 2,200 people were without power in St.
At 7:22 p.m., the possible tornado was entering neighborhoods along Redwood Drive in the Timberlane area.. The rotation then arrived in Gretna at 7:24 p.m., forming over the Highway 90 business route with a “doughnut hole” signature on radar, indicating an updraft so strong that it suspends rainfall. The tornado was described as “large” and was confirmed by a National Weather Service employee at 7:25 p.m., around which time video of it was being broadcast live on television stations across the New Orleans area.Radar data indicates the tornado passed directly over the Terrytown area at 7:26 p.m.
You can a slight sense of the approximate path the tornado took through New Orleans this evening . Really hoping for a good outcome in an otherwise bad situation.
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