Damage assessment follows after confirmed tornado in St. Charles; Jefferson customers lose power

PARADIS, La. (WVUE) - Officials are currently assessing damage following a confirmed tornado that passed through St. Charles Parish on Saturday (Nov. 26) and in Jefferson Parish, an estimated 10,450 customers were without power, according to Entergy’s Power Outage Map.

Confirmed tornado passing through Paradis. If you live along Hwy 90, in St. Charles up to Boutte/Luling…take shelter! #lawx @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/FkJZf5FaYb
— Zack Fradella (@ZackFradellaWx) November 26, 2022

St. Charles Parish officials say that a majority of the damage reports are between Cadow Road and Bayou Gauche Road in Paradis. The Paradis Volunteer Fire Department says that there are a number of downed power lines and trees and they warn residents that they may be active.

Highway 90 West was shut down in the aftermath of the storm.

Damage in Lockport from the same tornadic storm that produced a tornado in Paradis. 📸 Teri Leblanc #lawx @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/hMuAIWcxZh
— Zack Fradella (@ZackFradellaWx) November 26, 2022

The storm’s rotation weakened after leaving the area, shifting northeast to the North Shore and South Mississippi.

Rotation is weakening with this tornado-warned storm. Stay sheltered until the warning has expired. Path is taking the storm over the causeway shortly #lawx #nola @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/GjMemiw8Cv
— Hannah Gard (@hannahgard_wx) November 26, 2022

At 2:15 p.m., Chief Meteorologist Bruce Katz reported on air the confirmed tornado touchdown. On the Fujita Scale, the tornado was classified as an EF1 with winds of 86 to 110 mph.

See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Click Here to report it. Please include the headline.

Copyright 2022 WVUE. All rights reserved.