PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1046 PM CST MON JAN 04 2010 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0135 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW EBENEZER 31.03N 94.17W 12/24/2009 JASPER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORT TREE ACROSS ROAD INTERSENCTION OF HWY 63 AND 255. 0310 AM TSTM WND DMG BROOKELAND 31.13N 93.99W 12/24/2009 JASPER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREE ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 96N NEAR BROOKELAND. JASPER NEWTON POWER COOP REPORTS NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS COUNTY. 0600 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 E SABINE PASS 29.73N 93.87W 12/24/2009 M44.00 MPH GMZ430 LA C-MAN STATION NOS TIDE GAUGE AT SABINE PASS RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 38 KNOTS OR 44 MPH. 0700 AM TSTM WND DMG HACKBERRY 29.97N 93.43W 12/24/2009 CAMERON LA EMERGENCY MNGR VACANT HOUSE AND WORKSHOP BLOWN DOWN. 0706 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 3 SW CAMERON 29.76N 93.34W 12/24/2009 M43.00 MPH GMZ450 LA C-MAN STATION 0712 AM FUNNEL CLOUD PINE PRAIRIE 30.78N 92.42W 12/24/2009 EVANGELINE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HWY 167 AND PINE PRARIE 0718 AM TSTM WND DMG NW GRAND CHENIER 29.77N 92.98W 12/24/2009 CAMERON LA PUBLIC 0725 AM TORNADO 9 NE VILLE PLATTE 30.77N 92.15W 12/24/2009 F2 ST. LANDRY LA NWS STORM SURVEY A STRONG TORNADO FORMED NEAR I-49 AND MOVED NE INTO WHITEVILLE. SMALL CHURCH ON CINDER BLOCKS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN WHITEVILLE. SEVERAL TOMBSTONES DAMAGED. TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS DAMAGED. ONE HAD A TREE LAND ON IT WITH THE OTHER BLOWN BY THE TORNADO INTO A JACK-KNIFE POSITION AND PUSHED INTO THE OTHER TRUCK. ONE RICE SILO FLIPPED 50 YDS INTO BAYOU. AT LEAST 2 MOBILE HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE. PATH LENGTH 6 MI WITH PATH WIDTH 50 YDS. ON GROUND ABOUT 7 MIN. 0727 AM TORNADO 2 NW CROWLEY 30.24N 92.40W 12/24/2009 F2 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 4 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR I-10 AND HWY 1121 AND MOVED NNE ON WEST SIDE OF HWY 13 DAMAGING TREES AND FENCE ALONG HENSGEN ROAD. TORNADO CROSSED HWY 13 JUST SOUTH OF ATWOOD ACRES SUBDIVISION AND MOVED ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF SUBDIVISION DAMAGING AT LEAST 20 HOMES. WORST DAMAGE WAS A ONE STORY BRICK HOME THAT COMPLETELY LOST ROOF. 4 FAMILY MEMBERS ESCAPED WITH CUTS AND BRUISES. TORNADO ENDED NEAR HWY 98 AND CASANOVA RD. PATH LENGTH OF 7 MI AND MAX WIDTH OF 100 YDS. ON GROUND FOR APPX 9 MINUTES. 0730 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 10 S ROCKEFELLER WILDLI 29.53N 92.76W 12/24/2009 E50.00 MPH GMZ452 LA PUBLIC REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN EAST CAMERON BLOCK 23. 0732 AM TORNADO 7 SSW EVERGREEN 30.86N 92.15W 12/24/2009 F0 AVOYELLES LA NWS STORM SURVEY THE WHITEVILLE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO AVOYELLES PARISH WITH MAINLY TREES BLOWN DOWN BEFORE ENDING NEAR HWY 1178. PATH LENGTH 3 MI. PATH WIDTH 25 YD. ON GROUND 4 MIN. 0737 AM TORNADO 5 SE BUNKIE 30.91N 92.12W 12/24/2009 F0 AVOYELLES LA NWS STORM SURVEY THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED THE WHITEVILLE TORNADO SPAWNED AN EF0 TORNADO THAT BEGAN ABOUT 3 MILES SSW OF EVERGREEN ALONG HIGHWAY 1178 AND MOVED NORTHEAST ENDING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 29 ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE KARO COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH WITH LITTLE OTHER DAMAGE NOTED IN THIS SPARSELY POPULATED AREA. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0740 AM TORNADO 4 W BRANCH 30.35N 92.33W 12/24/2009 F0 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN ATWOOD ACRES LIFTED IN THE AIR...AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ALONG HWY 365/1109 INT. A SMALL OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED...AND SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. PATH LENGTH 3 MI. MAX WIDTH 25 YDS. ON GROUND 2 MIN. 0745 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 W IOTA 30.33N 92.51W 12/24/2009 ACADIA LA NWS EMPLOYEE RELATIVES OF NWS EMPLOYEE SAW FUNNEL CLOUD PASS OVERHEAD. 0746 AM TORNADO 3 SW RICHARD 30.38N 92.35W 12/24/2009 F0 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY THE SAME STORM THAT SPAWNED THE ATWOOD ACRES TORNADO AND THE TORNADO NEAR THE JUDD COMMUNITY PRODUCED THIS TORNADO WHICH TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COLE GULLY ROAD AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 367 AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE ENDING ABOUT 1 MILE WSW OF RICHARD. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR A FARM ON COLE GULLY ROAD WHILE A BARN AND ADJACENT MOBILE HOME WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED AT THE HWY 367 AND HENRY BIEBER RD INTERSECTION. PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0750 AM TORNADO 3 NNW IOTA 30.37N 92.50W 12/24/2009 F1 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SW OF TULIP ROAD AND MOVED NE ENDING NEAR CINNAMON ROAD AND HWY 3067. TWO MOBILE HOME ROOFS WERE DAMAGED AND A BARN AND SHED WERE DESTROYED. SEVERAL TREES ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. PATH LENGTH 2 MI MAX WIDTH 25 YDS. ON GROUND FOR 3 MIN. 0750 AM TSTM WND DMG W RICHARD 30.42N 92.32W 12/24/2009 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND DAMAGED TREES ALONG RICHARD SCHOOL ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF CHARLENE HIGHWAY LIKELY FROM RFD ASSOCIATED WITH RICHARD TORNADO. 0750 AM TORNADO 1 WNW RICHARD 30.42N 92.32W 12/24/2009 F1 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY A FOURTH TORNADO FROM THE ATWOOD ACRES SUPERCELL TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF ST. THERESA DRIVE AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH RICHARD BEFORE ENDING NEAR BRITANY HWY. A CHURCH AND A HOME WERE DAMAGED ON HWY 370 WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN. ONE HOME AND TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE ALSO DAMAGED ALONG CHARLENE HIGHWAY NORTH OF ST. EDMUND ROAD WITH DEBRIS THROWN INTO POWER LINES AND ACROSS THE ROADWAY. PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES WITH PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0752 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N RICHARD 30.45N 92.32W 12/24/2009 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A NEARLY HALF MILE WIDE SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE ALONG ST. HENRY ROAD NORTH OF RICHARD. TWO MOBILE HOMES SUFFERED SKIRTING AND AWNING DAMAGE WHILE ONE HOME HAD SHINGLE DAMAGE. SEVERAL FENCES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS IN A SOUTH TO NORTH DIRECTION. 0753 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 N RICHARD 30.47N 92.32W 12/24/2009 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND FENCES AND TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AROUND ONE HOME ALONG HIGHWAY 95 IN THE PRUDHOMME COMMUNITY. 0753 AM TORNADO 4 N RICHARD 30.47N 92.31W 12/24/2009 F0 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF0 TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE PRUDHOMME COMMUNITY AND MOVED NNE INTO ST LANDRY PARISH BEFORE ENDING JUST NORTH OF HWY 190 ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF SAVOY. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HWY 358 AND WAYNE RD. ONE BARN WAS DAMAGED ON WAYNE RD AND DEBRIS FROM THE BARN WAS CARRIED ACROSS HWY 190. A RESIDENT ON WAYNE RD WATCHED THE TORNADO CROSS HIS CRAWFISH POND ACROSS THE STREET. PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0757 AM TORNADO 4 SSW GUEYDAN 29.98N 92.53W 12/24/2009 F2 VERMILION LA NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUEYDAN THEN MOVED NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTH OF GUEYDAN WHERE THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH GUEYDAN AND EXITED THE TOWN NORTH OF THE WATER TOWER WITH THE LAST DAMAGE NOTED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUEYDAN. IN ALL ABOUT 50 STRUCTURES RECEIVED DAMAGE WITH 2 COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND 7 WITH MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE. PATH LENGTH OF 6 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH FROM 40 TO 70 YARDS WIDE. INFO UPDATED FROM ADDITIONAL STORM SURVEYS. 0758 AM TORNADO 4 S CHATAIGNIER 30.52N 92.31W 12/24/2009 F0 ST. LANDRY LA NWS STORM SURVEY AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE OLD RACETRACK 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SAVOY AND MOVED NORTHWARD CROSSING INTO SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH BEFORE DISSIPATING 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATAIGNIER. AN OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED SOUTH OF LINZAY ROAD WITH DEBRIS CARRIED ACROSS FIELDS TO THE NORTHEAST. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR UPROOTED NORTH OF LINZAY ROAD AND ALONG HIGHWAY 95. WITNESSES IN THE AREA OBSERVED THE TORNADO. PATH LENGTH OF 2 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 0805 AM TORNADO 4 NNE GUEYDAN 30.08N 92.48W 12/24/2009 F1 ACADIA LA NWS STORM SURVEY A SECOND TORNADO FORMED FROM THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE GUEYDAN TORNADO. THIS LOW END EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1.5 MILES EAST OF RICEVILLE ALONG BAYOU QUEUE DE TORTUE AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE ENDING SOUTH OF HWY 92 ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF MORSE. ONE HOUSE HAD MINOR DAMAGE ON KITE RD WITH TWO HOMES AND A FARM RECEIVING MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE ALONG HWY 1115 BETWEEN LEBLANC ST AND BUTTERFLY RD. PATH LENGTH OF 3 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. 0810 AM TSTM WND GST 2 S JENNINGS 30.20N 92.66W 12/24/2009 M56.00 MPH JEFFERSON DAVIS LA CO-OP OBSERVER JENNINGS CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 56 MPH WIND GUST WITH THE SQUALL LINE. 0845 AM TSTM WND DMG CHURCH POINT 30.40N 92.21W 12/24/2009 ACADIA LA BROADCAST MEDIA KATC-TV AND LAFAYETTE DAILY ADVERTISER REPORTED A LARGE TREE FELL ONTO THE FOOD PANTRY LOCATED ON HARMON STREET AND DESTROYED MUCH OF THE BUILDING. 0850 AM TSTM WND DMG SCOTT 30.24N 92.09W 12/24/2009 LAFAYETTE LA NWS STORM SURVEY *** 1 FATAL *** PRELIM REPORT FROM NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUST...ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...SNAPPED A TREE. PART OF THE TREE FELL ON A TRAILER AND ON A PERSON SLEEPING IN THE TRAILER. 0900 AM FLOOD 5 W WASHINGTON 30.62N 92.14W 12/24/2009 ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC RELATIVE OF NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIGHWAY 10 WAS FLOODED IN THE PLAISANCE COMMUNITY. NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED ROADWAY WAS STILL PARTIALLY FLOODED NEARLY 12 HOURS LATER. 0915 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 37 SSW BURNS POINT 29.12N 91.87W 12/24/2009 M49.00 MPH GMZ455 LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS REPORTED BY SAWRS AT SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 268. 1015 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 15 S BURNS POINT 29.36N 91.50W 12/24/2009 E50.00 MPH GMZ455 LA PUBLIC REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 18.