If, by today you mean March 5, 2011 then yes.
An EF2 tornado hit the town of Rayne, Louisiana and killed 1 person.
Yes. Louisiana has tornadoes every year.
Mike Woolston was the mayor of Joplin, Missouri when the 2011 tornado hit and still is today.
On official records since 1950 the strongest tornado in Louisiana history was the F5 that hit Delhi, LA on February 21, 1971. Other tornadoes before 1971 may also have been F5.
No. Tornado Alley doesn't really extend farther west than eastern Colorado and the Texas panhandle. Going west, tornado activity drops off significantly once you hit the mountains.
Today, May 18, 2011
Since record keeping began in 1950 the strongest tornado to hit Louisiana, an F5 in the Delhi area on February 21, 1971 killed 47 and injured 510. However, only 11 of the deaths and 18 of the injuries were in Louisiana. The rest were in Mississippi, as the tornado crossed the state line. Other tornadoes prior to 1950 may have been stronger in Louisiana, but accurate records do not exist for that time.
Whether any specific location will be hit by a tornado on any given day is impossible to predict.
Depends on whether you mean Louisiana or Los Angeles. Louisiana has had one F5 tornado since 1900. No F4 or F5 tornado in the United States has ever been recorded west of the Rockies. This would make it incredibly unlikely that an F5 tornado might hit Los Angeles.
"A tornado hit the barn." would be a sentence.
No. No tornado of such intensity came anywhere near Cleveland during that time. The strongest in the Cleveland area was an F2 in 1970. One tornado in 1965 may have been at F5 intensity when it hit Strongsville, southwest of Cleveland.
It is impossible to determine if a specific location will be hit by a tornado more than a few minutes in advance, and even then it's difficult.
For today, November 13 , 2013, we are not expecting a tornado but a major tornado outbreak. This means that there will probably by at least several dozen tornadoes. It is impossible to say whether or not any specific location will be hit, but Algonquin, Illinois is in the high risk area. At this point it is estimated that there is a 30% chance of a tornado coming within 25 miles of the area.