One tornado is listed in the SPC database for January 6, 1951. It tracked through parts of Rapides and Grant Parishes in Louisiana. The Storm Prediction Center has a rating of F3. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes believes the damage was closer to F2 status.
This twister moved almost due north from just south of Alexandria, through the downtown area to near Pineville, north of Tioga, north of Ball and NE of Pollock. The Climatological Data National Summary states the tornado developed along a squall line. Per Grazulis, buildings that had been hit by a tornado in 1923 were hit once again by this one in Downtown Alexandria.
20+ homes were destroyed in the Alexandria/Pineville area with 50 more damaged. Several garages and roofs were blown away and four homes were shifted.
There is a discrepancy in the injury count. 20 reported by Grazulis, remaining sources have 11 injuries.
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