Wind from a tornado blew a mobile home into a fire station in Louisiana Monday afternoon.
Shortly after the incident, Labadieville firefighters reported on its Facebook page: "...No notable damage to either fire truck or our spirit."
They suspected straight line winds flipped the mobile home next door into their station.
After examining data, officials with the National Weather Service on Tuesday afternoon ruled it was an EF-0 with maximum winds of 80 mph.
"The tornado tracked almost due north-northeast along Highway 1011 before curving slightly northwest at the end. This was confirmed via radar. The west side of the road sustained the heaviest damage, all to manufactured homes. Only one actual mobile home was flipped and thrown into the fire station. This was noted to be of very degraded construction with only one strap seen." officials wrote in a statement.
Additional information will be forthcoming on the incident after the assessment team completes its investigation in the area.
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