PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 226 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0920 AM FLASH FLOOD BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W 10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA KBMT REPORTS 3 CARS FLOODED UP TO THE WINDOWS OF CAR DOORS ON EAST TEX FREEWAY AND LUCAS ST. 0930 AM FLASH FLOOD BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W 10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA KFDM-TV REPORTED 15 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM CARS STRANDED IN FLOODWATERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT. 1000 AM FLASH FLOOD PORT ARTHUR 29.90N 93.93W 10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX NEWSPAPER PORT ARTHUR NEWS REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS INCLUDING NINTH STREET IN PORT ARTHUR WERE FLOODED 1025 AM WATER SPOUT 5 SSW GRAND CHENIER 29.70N 93.01W 10/22/2009 GMZ452 LA PUBLIC OIL RIG LOCATED TWO MILES OFF THE COAST SOUTH OF GRAND CHENIER REPORTED SIGHTING OF TWO WATERSPOUTS. 1032 AM TORNADO 2 WSW GRAND CHENIER 29.75N 93.01W 10/22/2009 F0 CAMERON LA LAW ENFORCEMENT CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GRAND CHENIER. RADAR INDICATES THIS WAS LIKELY A WATERSPOUT THAT MOVED ONSHORE. RATED EF0 WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED. 1040 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W 10/22/2009 CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER STORM SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING ALONG GRANGER AND RYAN STREETS. 1057 AM HAIL 7 ENE GRAND LAKE 30.08N 93.17W 10/22/2009 E0.50 INCH CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER 1057 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 ENE FANNETT 29.96N 94.17W 10/22/2009 E4.29 INCH JEFFERSON TX MESONET HEAVY RAINS OF 4.29 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT 3 HOURS REPORTED BY DD6 MESONET 1057 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 W WOODVILLE 30.75N 94.59W 10/22/2009 TYLER TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS TXDOT REPORTS FM 1745 IS FLOODED NEAR THE TYLER/POLK COUNTY LINE. 1205 PM TORNADO 3 W LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.72W 10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA BROADCAST MEDIA EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 AND MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH RURAL AREAS BEFORE ENDING 5 MILES SSE OF ROANOKE. SEVERAL POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 380 AND LYONS ROAD. NUMEROUS EYEWITNESSES WATCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE TORNADO. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 1222 PM TORNADO 3 WSW JENNINGS 30.21N 92.71W 10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 INJ *** A LARGE MULTIVORTEX TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF HWY 90 WEST OF JENNINGS AND MOVED NORTHWARD BEFORE ENDING ALONG HWY 395 SOUTHWEST OF ELTON. THE TORNADO WAS UP TO ONE HALF MILE WIDE EARLY IN THE PATH BEFORE NARROWING NORTH OF I-10. A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WAS BLOWN INTO THE MEDIAN OF I-10 INJURING THE DRIVER. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALL ALONG THE PATH WITH SEVERAL HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 16 MILES WITH A MAX PATH WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE. 1247 PM TORNADO 3 S ELTON 30.43N 92.70W 10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS STORM SURVEY ANOTHER LARGE HIGH END EF0 TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF DAN BULLER ROAD AND MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH ELTON. TREES AND A BARN WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED ON DAN BULLER ROAD. AS THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS ELTON NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO 15 HOMES. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED NORTH OF HWY 190 BETWEEN WASHINGTON STREET AND LANGLEY ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NORTH OF ELTON ALONG BULLER ROAD. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES WITH A MAX PATH WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE. 0100 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.68W 10/22/2009 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN LAKE ARTHUR WITH POWER OUT TO ENTIRE TOWN. 0105 PM TORNADO 6 ESE OBERLIN 30.58N 92.68W 10/22/2009 F0 ALLEN LA BROADCAST MEDIA KPLC-TV VIEWERNET INDICATED A WEAK EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 6 MILES NORTH OF ELTON ALONG ROBERT SONNIER LANE AND DAMAGED A BARN. 0115 PM TORNADO 7 S OAKDALE 30.71N 92.67W 10/22/2009 F0 ALLEN LA NWS STORM SURVEY A WEAK EF0 TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHEAST OF THE ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT AND MOVED NORTHWARD BEFORE ENDING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF OAKDALE JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. NEARLY ALL OF THE PATH WAS THROUGH INACCESSIBLE FORESTED AREAS. PATH LENGTH OF 7 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. 0130 PM TSTM WND DMG S EGAN 30.24N 92.51W 10/22/2009 ACADIA LA NWS EMPLOYEE NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD SIGNS BLOWN DOWN ALONG I-10 AT MILE MARKER 71 0130 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 S ROANOKE 30.16N 92.75W 10/22/2009 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS EMPLOYEE NWS EMPLOYEE DOING STORM SURVEY OBSERVED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS BETWEEN ROANOKE AND LAKE ARTHUR. 0200 PM TSTM WND DMG ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W 10/22/2009 RAPIDES LA EMERGENCY MNGR EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT RAPIDES PARISH. 0310 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 37 SSW BURNS POINT 29.12N 91.87W 10/22/2009 M55.00 MPH GMZ455 LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS SAWRS OBSERVATION OF SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 55 MPH. 0401 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNW ALEXANDRIA 31.32N 92.48W 10/22/2009 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA SOME UNDERPASSES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE SIGNIFICANTLY FLOODED. && $$ SHAMBURGER