Tioga [Rapides Co, LA] nws storm survey reports TORNADO at 25 Dec, 12:45 PM CST -- *** 1 inj *** nws storm survey confirmed an ef 2 tornado touchdown in the town of tioga. the tornado produced a damage path four miles long and 1/2 mile wide. the tornado damaged approximately 43 homes as well as tioga high school and inventory at a trucking company. one minor injury occured with the injured party refusing treatment.
Alexandria [Rapides Co, LA] nws storm survey reports TORNADO at 25 Dec, 12:50 PM CST -- nws storm survey confirms an ef 2 tornado touchdown in the city of alexandria. the tornado produced a damage path 2 miles long and 200 yards wide. large pieces of roof material were blown off of buildings in jackson square. the tornado blew a non moving chevy cobalt off the road and into a yard. some damage to homes and vehicles occured as a result of trees falling onto them.
Hammond, LA NWS COOP ID: 16-7425-08 CoCoRaHs ID: LA-TG-23
WoW! Pearl River Tornado rated EF-3 with 140mph winds, 24 mile long path and a width of almost 2 football fields.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 559 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/25 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...
.OVERVIEW...TWO SURVEY CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO ASSESS DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THREE AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE INVESTIGATED. TWO AREAS WERE DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF TORNADOES AND ONE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE.
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 310 PM CST START LOCATION: 2.75 MILES SW OF MCNEIL / PEARL RIVER / MS START LAT/LON: 30.650 / -89.681
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 345 PM CST END LOCATION: 12 MILES E OF POPLARVILLE / PEARL RIVER / MS END_LAT/LON: 30.839 / -89.341
SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON HARRIS RD ON THE SW SIDE OF MCNEIL...WHERE IT SNAPPED SEVERAL PINE TREES. IT MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED RESULTING IN A SMALL AREA OF STRONG EF-2 AND WEAK EF-3 DAMAGE ALONG JOE SMITH RD AND SONES CHAPEL RD. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN A SINGLE STORY BRICK VENEER TRIPLEX DWELLING WAS DESTROYED WITH ONLY TWO SMALL INTERIOR WALLS LEFT STANDING. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AFTER CROSSING HWY 11... CAUSING MAINLY TREE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE UNTIL IT REINTENSIFIED IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY NEAR RED HILL CHURCH RD. IT CAUSED STRONG EF-1 DAMAGE AS IT WAS LEAVING PEARL RIVER COUNTY INTO STONE COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 22 HOMES DESTROYED/NOT REPARABLE...8 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...16 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 9 HOMES AFFECTED. 8 PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO AREA HOSPITALS...THOUGH ADDITIONAL MINOR INJURIES LIKELY OCCURRED. TIMES BASED ON RADAR.
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 231 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 MILE SOUTH OF CENTREVILLE / WILKINSON / MS START LAT/LON: 31.08 / -91.07
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 238 PM CST END LOCATION: 2.7MILES EAST OF CENTREVILLE / AMITE / MS END_LAT/LON: 31.10 / -91.02
TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF HWY 24 JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 33 AND HWY 24 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CENTREVILLE. INITIALLY NUMEROUS SOFT WOODS AND A FEW HARD WOODS WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND A FEW POWER POLES LOST THEIR WOODEN CROSSMEMBERS. TORNADO QUICKLY MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS HWY 24 UPROOTING ANOTHER 6-10 TREE...ONE WHICH CLIPPED A HOUSE BRINGING DOWN MUCH OF THE EAST FACING WALL. TORNADO WAS ABOUT 170-200 YARDS WIDE AT THIS POINT AND CONTINUED INTO THE TOWN OF CENTREVILLE. A TIRE SERVICE STATION LOST MOST OF ITS CANOPY(COLUMNS STILL STANDING) AND THE CENTREVILLE HEADSTART LOST ITS METAL AWNING. TORNADO CROSSED FORT STREET WITH MANY MORE TREES COMING DOWN...ONE ON TOP OF A CAR. ALSO ALONG FORT STREET A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME LOST MUCH OF ITS EXTERIOR WALLS. ON EAST HOWARD STREET A TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. ON HOWARD STREET ANOTHER TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE PINNING A LADY AND LEADING TO THE ONE MINOR INJURY. TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST- NORTHEAST LEADING TO ANOTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS HARD WOODS. ALSO A RESIDENCE HAD MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE LEADING TO THE CARPORT PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. TORNADO MOVED ALONG HWY 48 FOR ABOUT A MILE CAUSING LIGHT TREE DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING. TIMES WERE BASED ON RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS.
.EAST BATON ROUGE WIND DAMAGE...
A SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT SCATTERED TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY OF ZACHARY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
Hammond, LA NWS COOP ID: 16-7425-08 CoCoRaHs ID: LA-TG-23
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 327 PM CST THU DEC 27 2012
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/25 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...
.OVERVIEW...A SURVEY CREW WAS DISPATCHED TO ASSESS DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. FOUR AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE INVESTIGATED. THREE AREAS WERE DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF TORNADOES AND ONE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE.
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 1243 PM CST START LOCATION: 2.4 MILES E OF PITKIN / VERNON / LA START LAT/LON: 30.932 / -92.896
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 1245 PM CST END LOCATION: 4.5 MILES E OF PITKIN / VERNON / LA END_LAT/LON: 30.939 / -92.860
SURVEY SUMMARY: A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG LA HWY 113 EAST OF PITKIN IN VERNON PARISH. ONE BARN HAD A FEW SHEETS OF ROOF TIN PULLED OFF...AND A MOBILE HOME HAD A TREE LAND ON IT...CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. OTHERWISE 20-40 PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH.
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 1245 PM CST START LOCATION: 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIOGA / RAPIDES / LA START LAT/LON: 31.360 / -92.487
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 1248 PM CST END LOCATION: 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF TIOGA / RAPIDES / LA END_LAT/LON: 31.379 / -92.412
SURVEY SUMMARY: A STRONG TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE WOODS SOUTHWEST OF TIOGA...EVENTUALLY REACHING LA HWY 1203...WHERE IT RIPPED ALMOST THE ENTIRE ROOF OFF A BRICK HOME...DESTROYED A CAR WASH...AND DAMAGED AT LEAST 40 OTHER HOMES. AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ALONG US HWY 167 SAW 5 18 WHEELER TRAILER FLIPPED OVER...SEVERAL LARGE OVERHEAD DOORS BLOWN IN...AND LARGE SECTIONS OF METAL ROOFS PEELED OFF. AT THE NEARBY TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...PART OF THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM THE GYM. THERE WAS ONE MINOR INJURY WHEN A TRAILER ROLLED OVER...BUT THE MAN REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VERY MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES.
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 1251 PM CST END LOCATION: ALEXANDRIA / RAPIDES / LA END_LAT/LON: 31.308 / -92.444
SURVEY SUMMARY: A STRONG TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN POLK AND WHITE STREET...BLOWING TREES ON HOMES AND REMOVING SOME SHINGLES AND OTHER ROOFING MATERIALS FROM SOME HOMES. WHEN IT REACHED LA HWY 1 AND LEE STREET INTERSECTION...IT RIPPED THE ROOFS OFF SEVERAL BUSINESSES... INCLUDING THOSE IN THE WASHINGTON SQUARE COMPLEX. THIS TORNADO MOVED OVER I-49 AND DISSIPATED BETWEEN LEE AND ST JAMES STREET WHERE SEVERAL MORE HOMES AND A CHURCH LOST SOME SHINGLES AND ROOFING MATERIAL.
.VIDOR TEXAS WIND DAMAGE...
A SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THE DAMAGE AT THE STRIP MALL AND THE APARTMENT BUILDING ACROSS THE CITY OF VIDOR WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
Hammond, LA NWS COOP ID: 16-7425-08 CoCoRaHs ID: LA-TG-23
SKYSUMMIT President | Director of OperationsAdministrator
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 932 AM CST FRI DEC 27 2012
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/25 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...
.OVERVIEW...TWO SURVEY CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO ASSESS DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THREE AREAS OF DAMAGE WERE INVESTIGATED. TWO AREAS WERE DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF TORNADOES AND ONE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE.
INFORMATION FOR THE ENTIRE TRACK OF THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY HAS BEEN ADDED BASED ON STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM WFOS JACKSON AND MOBILE.
.PEARL RIVER COUNTY TORNADO...
RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24 MILES (61 MILES TOTAL THROUGH 5 COUNTIES) PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS (300 YARDS MAXIMUM IN FORREST CO) FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 8 (12 INJURIES TOTAL OVER WHOLE TRACK)
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 310 PM CST START LOCATION: 2.75 MILES SW OF MCNEIL / PEARL RIVER / MS START LAT/LON: 30.650 / -89.681
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 345 PM CST END LOCATION: 12 MILES E OF POPLARVILLE / PEARL RIVER / MS END_LAT/LON: 30.839 / -89.341
SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON HARRIS RD ON THE SW SIDE OF MCNEIL...WHERE IT SNAPPED SEVERAL PINE TREES. IT MOVED NORTHEASTWARD AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED RESULTING IN A SMALL AREA OF STRONG EF-2 AND WEAK EF-3 DAMAGE ALONG JOE SMITH RD AND SONES CHAPEL RD. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN A SINGLE STORY BRICK VENEER TRIPLEX DWELLING WAS DESTROYED WITH ONLY TWO SMALL INTERIOR WALLS LEFT STANDING. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AFTER CROSSING HWY 11... CAUSING MAINLY TREE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE UNTIL IT REINTENSIFIED IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY NEAR RED HILL CHURCH RD. IT CAUSED STRONG EF-1 DAMAGE AS IT WAS LEAVING PEARL RIVER COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS PRELIMINARILY ESTIMATE 22 HOMES DESTROYED/NOT REPARABLE...8 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...16 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL 9 HOMES AFFECTED. 8 PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO AREA HOSPITALS...THOUGH ADDITIONAL MINOR INJURIES LIKELY OCCURRED. TIMES BASED ON RADAR. THIS IS PART OF A 61 MILE TRACK THROUGH 5 COUNTIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO STONE...FORREST...PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR MCLAIN MS.
START DATE: DEC 25 2012 START TIME: 231 PM CST START LOCATION: 1 MILE SOUTH OF CENTREVILLE / WILKINSON / MS START LAT/LON: 31.08 / -91.07
END DATE: DEC 25 2012 END TIME: 238 PM CST END LOCATION: 2.7MILES EAST OF CENTREVILLE / AMITE / MS END_LAT/LON: 31.10 / -91.02
TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF HWY 24 JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 33 AND HWY 24 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CENTREVILLE. INITIALLY NUMEROUS SOFT WOODS AND A FEW HARD WOODS WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED AND A FEW POWER POLES LOST THEIR WOODEN CROSSMEMBERS. TORNADO QUICKLY MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS HWY 24 UPROOTING ANOTHER 6-10 TREE...ONE WHICH CLIPPED A HOUSE BRINGING DOWN MUCH OF THE EAST FACING WALL. TORNADO WAS ABOUT 170-200 YARDS WIDE AT THIS POINT AND CONTINUED INTO THE TOWN OF CENTREVILLE. A TIRE SERVICE STATION LOST MOST OF ITS CANOPY(COLUMNS STILL STANDING) AND THE CENTREVILLE HEADSTART LOST ITS METAL AWNING. TORNADO CROSSED FORT STREET WITH MANY MORE TREES COMING DOWN...ONE ON TOP OF A CAR. ALSO ALONG FORT STREET A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME LOST MUCH OF ITS EXTERIOR WALLS. ON EAST HOWARD STREET A TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. ON HOWARD STREET ANOTHER TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE PINNING A LADY AND LEADING TO THE ONE MINOR INJURY. TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST- NORTHEAST LEADING TO ANOTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE UPROOTING AND SNAPPING NUMEROUS HARD WOODS. ALSO A RESIDENCE HAD MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE LEADING TO THE CARPORT PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. TORNADO MOVED ALONG HWY 48 FOR ABOUT A MILE CAUSING LIGHT TREE DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING. TIMES WERE BASED ON RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS.
.EAST BATON ROUGE WIND DAMAGE...
A SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT SCATTERED TREE AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY OF ZACHARY WAS DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
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Hammond, LA NWS COOP ID: 16-7425-08 CoCoRaHs ID: LA-TG-23
SKYSUMMIT President | Director of OperationsAdministrator
Add another one to the list....weak tornado confirmed in Marrero on Christmas Day.
Marrero [Jefferson Co, LA] nws storm survey reports TORNADO of F0 at 25 Dec, 06:20 PM CST -- gas station sign blown over and minor damage to a wendys drive through awning near barataria and lapalco in marrero. storm survey confirmed ef0 tornado.
Hammond, LA NWS COOP ID: 16-7425-08 CoCoRaHs ID: LA-TG-23