NWS confirms 5 tornado touchdowns in Cenla on Dec. 28

File photo of a tornado

The National Weather has confirmed a total of 5 tornado touchdowns in central Louisiana during Saturday, Dec. 28’s severe weather outbreak. 

Four of the five touchdown locations occurred in Vernon Parish. The NWS in Lake Charles confirmed those locations as Jeff McDonald Rd., New Llano, Cooper Church Rd., and Fullerton Lake. The first two of these tornadoes was rated EF-0 while the latter two ranked at EF-1. 

The fifth touchdown occurred in St. Landry Parish. This EF-1 tornado had a longer track than the others identified by the NWS in this outbreak. 

No injuries or fatalities were reported from these surveys, though there was a great deal of damage, debris, and trees damaged or downed. 

This collection of tornadoes featured more touchdowns than the Dec. 26 spate yielded, but the Dec. 26 collection of tornadoes – one of which touched down in Rapides Parish – all rated at EF-1.