PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 355 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0152 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 S SEA RIM STATE PARK 29.67N 94.05W 05/15/2008 M55.00 MPH GMZ450 TX BUOY MEASURED WIND GUST TO 48 KNOTS. 0218 AM TSTM WND GST 1 E SABINE PASS 29.73N 93.87W 05/15/2008 M41.00 MPH GMZ450 LA BUOY 0230 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 E CHESTER 30.92N 94.54W 05/15/2008 TYLER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN NEAR FM 1745. REPORTED BY TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE. TIME ESTIMATED. 0310 AM TSTM WND DMG BROOKELAND 31.13N 93.99W 05/15/2008 JASPER TX EMERGENCY MNGR SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0400 AM TORNADO 3 SE BUNA 30.41N 93.93W 05/15/2008 F0 JASPER TX EMERGENCY MNGR EF0 TORNADO BLEW A ROOF OFF A BARN AND DOWNED TREES ALONG CAILLIER LOOP. PATH LENGTH OF 1/4 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0415 AM TORNADO 7 WSW DERIDDER 30.81N 93.40W 05/15/2008 F1 BEAUREGARD LA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 2 INJ *** EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PERSHING LOFTIN ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF SHEAR AND ENDED NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD. MAIN DAMAGE WAS TO TREES WITH ONE BARN HAVING PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE HOME ON PINE RIDGE ROAD LOSING NUMEROUS SHINGLES. NEAR THE END OF THE PATH ON WILLIE HARGROVE ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED WITH TWO MINOR INJURIES. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 0420 AM TSTM WND DMG STARKS 30.32N 93.66W 05/15/2008 CALCASIEU LA LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN STARKS. REPORTED BY CALCASIEU PARISH 911 CENTER. 0425 AM TORNADO 7 SSE DERIDDER 30.75N 93.25W 05/15/2008 F0 BEAUREGARD LA NWS STORM SURVEY EF0 TORNADO BLEW DOWN AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 171 SOUTH OF DERIDDER. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0429 AM TSTM WND DMG FLATWOODS 31.40N 92.87W 05/15/2008 RAPIDES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. 0430 AM TSTM WND DMG SLAGLE 31.20N 93.13W 05/15/2008 VERNON LA LAW ENFORCEMENT A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH. 0435 AM TSTM WND DMG DEWEYVILLE 30.31N 93.76W 05/15/2008 NEWTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE. 0441 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N DEQUINCY 30.46N 93.44W 05/15/2008 CALCASIEU LA LAW ENFORCEMENT TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 27 JUST NORTH OF DEQUINCY. REPORTED BY DEQUINCY PD. 0455 AM TSTM WND DMG SULPHUR 30.23N 93.36W 05/15/2008 CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. 0457 AM TSTM WND DMG W ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W 05/15/2008 RAPIDES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF ALEXANDRIA. 0500 AM TSTM WND DMG OAKDALE 30.82N 92.66W 05/15/2008 ALLEN LA TRAINED SPOTTER TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN IN OAKDALE WITH POWER OUTAGES IN TOWN. 0505 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MOSS BLUFF 30.32N 93.23W 05/15/2008 CALCASIEU LA BROADCAST MEDIA TREE BLOWN DOWN AND CRUSHED A SERVICE TRAILER. REPORTED BY KPLC-TV. 0510 AM TSTM WND DMG KINDER 30.49N 92.85W 05/15/2008 ALLEN LA BROADCAST MEDIA TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY KPLC-TV. 0510 AM TSTM WND GST 6 S LAKE CHARLES 30.12N 93.20W 05/15/2008 M52.00 MPH CALCASIEU LA MESONET MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES LSU AG CENTER. 0512 AM TSTM WND GST 7 S LAKE CHARLES 30.11N 93.20W 05/15/2008 M50.00 MPH CALCASIEU LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS 50 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT ASOS. 0520 AM TORNADO 4 SW GUEYDAN 29.99N 92.56W 05/15/2008 F0 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY EF0 TORNADO CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BLEW DOWN ONE BARN ON RAOUL ROAD. PATH LENGTH 1/4 MILE. PATH WIDTH 25 YARDS. 0534 AM TSTM WND DMG DEVILLE 31.35N 92.16W 05/15/2008 RAPIDES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME TREES FALLING ON HOMES. 0605 AM TSTM WND DMG CHURCH POINT 30.40N 92.21W 05/15/2008 ACADIA LA BROADCAST MEDIA A SHED WAS BLOWN INTO A HOUSE AND DESTROYED. REPORTED BY KATC-TV. 0615 AM TSTM WND GST 13 S RUTHERFORD BEACH 29.59N 93.15W 05/15/2008 E45.00 MPH GMZ452 LA PUBLIC REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN WEST CAMERON BLOCK 71. 0615 AM TORNADO 4 W MAURICE 30.11N 92.19W 05/15/2008 F0 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO BEGAN SW OF HWY 92/HWY 343 INTERSECTION AND MOVED NORTHEAST. MOBILE HOME ON BLOCKS DESTROYED AND HOUSE MOVED OFF FOUNDATION NEAR START OF PATH. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES IN ADOLA SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. ONLY EF0 DAMAGE NOTED IN VERMILION PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LAFAYETTE PARISH. 0618 AM TORNADO 7 SSW SCOTT 30.14N 92.14W 05/15/2008 F2 LAFAYETTE LA NWS STORM SURVEY THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN WEST OF MAURICE IN VERMILION PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES NOTED. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED HWY 724/BREAUX RD CAUSING EF1/LOW-END EF2 DAMAGE. ONE HOME HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF WITH OTHER HOMES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO LIFTED 1 MILE WEST OF THE MALL OF ACADIANA AT 630 AM. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 9 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS. 0625 AM TSTM WND DMG KAPLAN 30.00N 92.28W 05/15/2008 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY SEVERAL TREES INCLUDING LARGE OAK TREES BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND KAPLAN. 0630 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S KAPLAN 29.99N 92.28W 05/15/2008 VERMILION LA TRAINED SPOTTER SIDING AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOME. WINDOWS BROKEN. SPOTTER MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH. 0632 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE KAPLAN 29.98N 92.26W 05/15/2008 VERMILION LA LAW ENFORCEMENT ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME ON JUDGE DOUCET ROAD. REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE. 0635 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E KAPLAN 30.00N 92.25W 05/15/2008 VERMILION LA LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKYARD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BLOWN DOWN AT RESIDENCE IN NUNEZ. REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE. 0635 AM TSTM WND DMG INTRACOASTAL CITY 29.78N 92.16W 05/15/2008 VERMILION LA BROADCAST MEDIA ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOTEL IN INTRACOASTAL CITY. REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE. 0635 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW SCOTT 30.26N 92.11W 05/15/2008 LAFAYETTE LA TRAINED SPOTTER POWER POLE PULLED OUT OF GROUND NEAR INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 724. 0635 AM TORNADO 8 SW ABBEVILLE 29.89N 92.22W 05/15/2008 F0 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY EF0 TORNADO BEGAN IN THE THEALL COMMUNITY AND MOVED EAST CROSSING THE HWY 82/HWY 690 INTERSECTION. TORNADO THEN MOVED EAST ALONG HWY 690 AND STRUCK THE GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD NORTH OF THE BANCKER COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH...WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND THE SHIPYARD. PATH LENGTH 7 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 0635 AM TORNADO 4 SSW LAFAYETTE 30.16N 92.05W 05/15/2008 F0 LAFAYETTE LA NWS STORM SURVEY EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PKWY/SETTLERS TRACE BLVD INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BEAULLIEU PLACE AND RIVER RANCH SUBDIVISIONS. SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0638 AM TSTM WND DMG LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 05/15/2008 LAFAYETTE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PARTS OF TIN ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BUILDINGS. 0640 AM TORNADO 1 S LAFAYETTE 30.20N 92.03W 05/15/2008 F1 LAFAYETTE LA NWS STORM SURVEY EF1 TORNADO BEGAN SW OF COLLEGE RD/BENDEL RD INTERSECTION AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS OIL CENTER AREA OF LAFAYETTE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WITH DEBRIS FROM ROOFS KNOCKING OUT WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS. TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED WITH SOME TREES FALLING ON CARS. TORNADO LIFTED NE OF PINHOOK RD/UNIVERSITY AVE INTERSECTION. PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. 0642 AM TSTM WND GST 2 SE LAFAYETTE 30.19N 92.01W 05/15/2008 M51.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS 51 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT ASOS. 0645 AM TORNADO BREAUX BRIDGE 30.28N 91.90W 05/15/2008 F1 ST. MARTIN LA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 INJ *** EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG I-10 NEAR THE WALMART AND MOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE CITY. SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ALONG HWY 328 AND HWY 94 WITH TREES DOWNED. TORNADO CROSSED HWY 31 AND TURNED SOUTHEAST WITH CONTINUED DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES. TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST AND AGAIN CROSSED HWY 31 WITH MORE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES. ONE MINOR INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HOME SHIFTED OFF FOUNDATION NEAR END OF PATH ALONG HUVAL RD. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 0653 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 05/15/2008 E55.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA TRAINED SPOTTER SEVERAL SPOTTERS REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH IN LAFAYETTE. 0700 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE LOREAUVILLE 30.05N 91.73W 05/15/2008 IBERIA LA NEWSPAPER TREE DOWN ON HOME. REPORTED BY DAILY IBERIAN. 0705 AM TSTM WND GST BREAUX BRIDGE 30.28N 91.90W 05/15/2008 E65.00 MPH ST. MARTIN LA TRAINED SPOTTER TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10. 0714 AM FLOOD LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 05/15/2008 LAFAYETTE LA TRAINED SPOTTER TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN LAFAYETTE. 0730 AM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 29.80N 91.51W 05/15/2008 ST. MARY LA NEWSPAPER TREE DOWN ON HOME. REPORTED BY MORGAN CITY DAILY REVIEW. 0741 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 13 S PATTERSON 29.51N 91.33W 05/15/2008 M45.00 MPH ST. MARY LA ASOS REPORTED FROM ASOS SITE P92. 0745 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 15 S BURNS POINT 29.36N 91.50W 05/15/2008 E55.00 MPH GMZ455 LA PUBLIC PLATFORM IN EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 18 REPORTS WINDS 50-60 MPH...ENOUGH TO SCOUR RUST OFF HELIPAD. 0800 AM TSTM WND DMG MORGAN CITY 29.70N 91.19W 05/15/2008 ST. MARY LA NEWSPAPER TREE FELL ON CAR CRUSHING FRONT END OF VEHICLE. REPORTED BY MORGAN CITY DAILY REVIEW. 0800 AM FLOOD LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W 05/15/2008 CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE SOME STREET FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN LAKE CHARLES.