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Severe Weather ~ 19 March 2008

 
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..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0356 AM     HAIL             MAGNOLIA                31.15N 90.46W 
03/19/2008  E0.25 INCH       PIKE               MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            RELAYED REPORT FROM PIKE CD FROM SHERIFFS DEPUTY ON SOUTH
            END OF COUNTY. 

0404 AM     TORNADO          MARRERO                 29.89N 90.11W 
03/19/2008  F1               JEFFERSON          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 1 INJ *** A TORNADO DAMAGED 13 HOMES. SEVERAL LARGE 
            HARDWOOD TREES SNAPPED IN HALF HITTING ROOFS AND CRUSHING
            A NEARBY CAR. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED WHEN HIT BY A 
            FALLING PART OF RAFTER. THE TORNADO FOLLOWED AN 
            INTERMITTENT 3.1 MILE PATH. PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS. THIS
            WAS A JOINT DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED WITH THE HELP OF 
            JEFFERSON PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BARATARIA               29.72N 90.12W 
03/19/2008                   JEFFERSON          LA   PUBLIC          

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON BARATARIA BLVD. WINDOW 
            BUSTED OUT OF HOUSE. OAK TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0429 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND NEW ORLEANS             29.97N 90.08W 
03/19/2008  M47 MPH          ORLEANS            LA   ASOS            

            MEASURED AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SLIDELL                 30.28N 89.78W 
03/19/2008                   ST. TAMMANY        LA   PUBLIC          

            TREE FELL ON HOUSE DAMAGING ROOF.