PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1229 PM CST THU MAR 10 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0554 PM HAIL 3 N CALCASIEU 31.13N 92.71W 03/08/2011 E0.50 INCH RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER COOP OBSERVER IN ELMER LA REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL. 0647 PM TORNADO 6 SSE ALEXANDRIA 31.21N 92.43W 03/08/2011 F1 RAPIDES LA NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT A FARM...DESTROYING AN RV TRAILER...TWO BARNS...AND SEVERAL PIECES OF FARM EQUIPMENT. METAL DEBRIS WAS THROWN FOR OVER 3 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST AND REACHED US HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF LSU ALEXANDRIA WHERE IT DAMAGED SEVERAL UNSECURED GAZEBOS. THE PATH WIDTH WAS 25 YARDS. 0650 PM HAIL 3 W LONGVILLE 30.60N 93.28W 03/08/2011 E0.25 INCH BEAUREGARD LA PUBLIC 3 WEST OF LONGVILLE...ESTIMATED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 40 MPH. 0725 PM FLASH FLOOD ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W 03/08/2011 RAPIDES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN ALEXANDRIA AND THE PINEVILLE AREA. ALSO ONE HOUSE WITH WATER FLOWING IN. 0900 PM TORNADO 3 W WOODWORTH 31.15N 92.55W 03/08/2011 F1 RAPIDES LA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST. MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WHICH BLOCKED SEVERAL FORESTRY ROADS. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 TO 3 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 0927 PM HAIL 2 SSE ALEXANDRIA 31.27N 92.45W 03/08/2011 E0.88 INCH RAPIDES LA PUBLIC 0930 PM TORNADO 5 ENE PINEVILLE 31.35N 92.33W 03/08/2011 F0 RAPIDES LA NWS STORM SURVEY SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.AN AWNING ON ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED. ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED WHEN A TREE FELL ON IT. PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 25 YARDS. 0950 PM TSTM WND DMG DEVILLE 31.35N 92.16W 03/08/2011 RAPIDES LA PUBLIC LARGE OAK TREE BLOWN DOWN. 1038 PM FLASH FLOOD ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W 03/08/2011 RAPIDES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPIDES 911 CONTINUES TO REPORT SEVERAL CARS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. 1114 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 SW ALEXANDRIA 31.20N 92.58W 03/08/2011 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA SEVERAL ROADS WITH WATER ON THEM. 1121 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSW ALEXANDRIA 31.26N 92.48W 03/08/2011 M5.29 INCH RAPIDES LA MESONET 1128 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 NNW PITKIN 31.06N 93.01W 03/08/2011 VERNON LA OTHER FEDERAL A LOW WATER CROSSING GAGE REPORTS OVER TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. 0101 AM TSTM WND GST BOYCE 31.39N 92.67W 03/09/2011 M65.00 MPH RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER 0136 AM FLASH FLOOD 9 NNW PITKIN 31.05N 93.01W 03/09/2011 VERNON LA OTHER FEDERAL USGS STREAM GAGE NETWORK AT A LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG THE WEST FORK OF SIX MILE CREEK INDICATES WATER IS STILL TWO FEET OVER THE ROAD. WATER LEVELS HAVE PEAKED AND ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SSE ALEXANDRIA 31.23N 92.43W 03/09/2011 M7.61 INCH RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER COOP OBSERVER AT 911 CENTER REPORTED 7.61 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 E ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.34W 03/09/2011 M7.57 INCH RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA TV METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 7.57 INCHES OF RAIN AT HIS HOME. IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N CALCASIEU 31.13N 92.71W 03/09/2011 M7.72 INCH RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 24 HR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 7.72 INCHES. LOCATED AT ELMER 2SW. && $$ ERICKSON