...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY IN BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA...

...F1 TORNADO NEAR FRYEBURG LOUISIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR FRYEBURG. IT WAS DETERMINED A F1 TORNADO OCCURRED BEGINNING 4.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRYEBURG IN BIENVILLE PARISH...MOVED INTO WEBSTER PARISH ABOUT 1.0 MILE WEST OF FRYEBURG... THEN CROSSED BACK INTO BIENVILLE PARISH JUST NORTH OF FRYEBURG...AND ENDED ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRYEBURG.

THE TORNADO PATH WAS 6.0 MILES LONG AND ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE. THERE WAS 1 INJURY WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT 0.5 MILES MILES NORTH OF FRYEBURG. ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...4 MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ABOUT 10 OTHER HOMES WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 1215 AM CDT...AND LIFTED ABOUT 1235 CDT EARLY ON APRIL 6TH.

The picture above was taken in Bienville Parish at Fryeburg, LA. This is a home where a child suffered a minor injury during the tornado.

This picture above was taken in rural extreme south Webster Parish just west of Fryeburg, LA. This home was rolled off its foundation and was crushed into a tree. In the background, damage can be seen to a wood frame home.