Christmas Day - SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IMMINENT

About half way down the Accu Weather news page, there is a picture of three kids in a tub. They are my grandchildren. LOL My son has no idea as to who sent in his tweet.
www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/photos-christmas-day-tornadoes/3204286

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.

.PEARL RIVER COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 8

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.


.WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
MPH PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 3 MILES MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1

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.

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.

.PITKIN TORNADO...

RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

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.

.TIOGA TORNADO...

RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 5 MILES MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1

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.

.ALEXANDRIA TORNADO...

RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125 MPH
PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 1 MILE
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: DEC 25 2012
START TIME: 1250 PM CST
START LOCATION: ALEXANDRIA / RAPIDES / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.300 / -92.453

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.