PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
734 PM CST SAT MAR 05 2011

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

0718 AM     HAIL             6 S LAKE CHARLES        30.12N 93.20W
03/05/2011  M0.25 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PEA SIZE HAIL AT NWS LAKE CHARLES OFFICE

0810 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 34 S SEA RIM STATE PARK 29.20N 94.04W
03/05/2011  M46.00 MPH       GMZ470             TX   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN HIGH ISLAND BLOCK 170.

0840 AM     TORNADO          6 E HAYES               30.11N 92.82W
03/05/2011  F0               JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO BEGAN NORTHEAST OF HWY 99 AND MARCEAUX RD
            INTERSECTION AND ENDED EAST OF HWY 382. SEVERAL FARM
            BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED ALONG HWY 382 WITH SHEET METAL
            BLOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES AND PATH
            WIDTH 25 YARDS.

0851 AM     TORNADO          6 NW LAKE ARTHUR        30.15N 92.74W
03/05/2011  F0               JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF LYONS RD AND MOUTON RD
            INTERSECTION AND ENDED NORTHWEST OF HWY 26 AND BOBBY RD.
            SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN ALONG MOUTON RD AND
            LYONS RD. A MOBILE HOME LOST PART OF ITS ROOF ON BOBBY
            RD. PATH LENGTH 3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 25 YARDS.

0944 AM     TORNADO          2 NNW CROWLEY           30.24N 92.39W
03/05/2011  F0               ACADIA             LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 3 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF 0 TORNADO
            TOUCHDOWN. THE TORNADO WAS 25 YARDS WIDE AND PRODUCED A
            DAMAGE PATH TWO MILES LONG. 3 INJURIES WERE CONFIRMED IN
            ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TORNADO. DAMAGE INCLUDES DEBRIS
            DROPPED ON I-10, DAMAGE TO WINDOWS AND SIGN OF A WAFFLE
            HOUSE, THE COLLAPSE OF A CAR WASH BUILDING AND MINOR
            DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL ROOVES.

1000 AM     TORNADO          2 WSW RAYNE             30.23N 92.30W
03/05/2011  F2               ACADIA             LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 1 FATAL, 12 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF2
            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. THE TORNADO WAS 300 YARDS WIDE AND
            PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH 5 MILES LONG. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
            NORTHWEST SECTION OF RAYNE WITH AT LEAST 35 HOMES DAMAGED
            ALONG WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. CITY
            OF RAYNE POLICE CONFIRM 12 INJURIES...1 FATALITY.
            FATALITY WAS 21 YEAR OLD FEMALE PROTECTING DAUGHTER
            DURING STORM WHEN TREE FELL THROUGH HOUSE.

1005 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 21 SW ROCKEFELLER WILDL 29.44N 92.98W
03/05/2011  M48.00 MPH       GMZ452             LA   AWOS

            PLATFORM EAST CAMERON 47 MEASURED WIND GUST TO 42 KNOTS
            OR 48 MPH.

1030 AM     HAIL             WASHINGTON              30.62N 92.06W
03/05/2011  E0.25 INCH       ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

            NWS STUDENT VOLUNTEER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR
            WASHINGTON.

1055 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 13 SSE PECAN ISLAND     29.47N 92.37W
03/05/2011  M47.00 MPH       GMZ452             LA   AWOS

            REPORT FROM FAA AWOS NEWMTRVNP LOCATED IN VERMILION BLOCK
            26.

1135 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 37 SSW BURNS POINT      29.12N 91.87W
03/05/2011  M55.00 MPH       GMZ455             LA   AWOS

            REPORT FROM FAA AWOS NEWMTRSCF LOCATED IN SOUTH MARSH
            ISLAND BLOCK 268.

1140 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 SSE BURNS POINT       29.56N 91.52W
03/05/2011  M42.00 MPH       ST. MARY           LA   ASOS

            NWS ASOS AT SALT POINT REPORTED WIND GUST TO 36 KNOTS OR
            42 MPH.

1258 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 77 S BURNS POINT        28.47N 91.39W
03/05/2011  M51.00 MPH       GMZ475             XX   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 258.


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