POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE GUSTAV NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT FRI DEC 5 2008 NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE IS PRELIMINARY...AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE. PARISHES INCLUDED: VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...ST. LANDRY...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...UPPER ST. MARTIN...CAMERON...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST. MARY...LOWER ST. MARTIN COUNTIES INCLUDED: TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...ORANGE A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KARA-ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT LA 30.02 -91.53 968.8 01/2004 I 330/047 01/1906 I 340/066 01/1855 I KAEX-ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL LA 31.33 -92.56 984.1 02/0129 I 030/037 02/0027 I 030/053 02/0034 I KDRI-DERIDDER LA 30.83 -93.34 989.0 02/0240 330/023 01/2347 330/037 01/2347 KESF-ESLER REGIONAL LA 31.24 -96.24 989.5 01/2306 I 030/016 01/2153 I 030/037 01/2138 I KPOE-FORT POLK LA 31.02 -93.11 985.8 02/0441 340/029 02/0238 340/043 02/0343 KDNK-FORT POLK SELF LANDING STRIP LA 31.06 -93.09 987.1 02/0022 360/028 01/2259 010/039 01/2259 KJAS-JASPER TX 30.89 -94.03 995.6 02/0447 350/019 01/2107 300/030 02/0428 KLFT-LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT LA 30.12 -92.00 968.5 01/2105 I 340/045 01/1929 I 340/067 01/1928 I KLCH-LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT LA 30.12 -93.23 992.2 01/2353 300/029 01/2357 310/040 01/2356 KACP-OAKDALE LA 30.75 -92.69 978.9 02/0103 330/029 02/0103 340/047 01/2323 KPTN-PATTERSON LA 29.71 -91.34 994.6 01/1235 I 330/024 01/1253 I 010/036 01/1253 I KP92-SALT POINT LA 29.34 -91.32 989.5 01/1353 I 340/025 01/1353 I 360/042 01/1352 I KBPT-SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT TX 29.95 -94.08 997.3 02/0202 350/026 01/2105 340/034 01/2103 REMARKS: I-INCOMPLETE DATA DUE TO STATION FAILURE. PEAK WINDS WERE LIKELY HIGHER. MIN PRES WERE LIKELY LOWER. B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMRL1-AMERADA PASS, LA (8764227) 29.67 -91.24 965.2 01/1700 307/053 01/1642 302/071 01/1706 10/06 CAPL1-CALCASIEU PASS, LA (8768094) 29.77 -93.34 994.3 01/2342 300/030 01/2118 301/039 01/2048 10/06 SBPT2-SABINE PASS NORTH, TX (8770570) 29.73 -93.87 998.6 02/0130 332/032 01/2124 332/040 01/2124 10/06 SRST2-SABINE, TX 29.67 -94.05 998.6 02/0200 342/022 01/2130 330/034 01/2119 13/02 42035-22NM EAST OF GALVESTON, TX 29.25 -94.44 999.6 01/2250 309/027 02/0030 350/035 01/2317 05/08 KCYD-114NM SE OF HOUMA MISSISSIPPI CANYON BLOCK 807 MARS PLATFORM 28.17 -89.22 993.9 01/0253 020/090 01/0525 020/108 01/0525 122/02 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- PORT ARTHUR, TX (TCOON) 29.87 -93.93 319/018 01/2200 299/026 02/0000 TEXAS POINT TX (TCOON) 29.68 -93.84 997.7 02/0130 314/033 01/2136 307/045 01/2130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 2.25 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 1 MINUTE --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 0106B-2 NW PATTERSON LA TTUHRT 29.71 -91.34 166/044 01/1922 302/056 01/1652 0107A-4 W JEANERETTE LA TTUHRT 29.93 -91.74 025/042 01/1913 089/061 01/1856 0109A-5 NW NEW IBERIA LA TTUHRT 30.05 -91.88 002/044 01/1903 356/062 01/1902 0213A-1 WSW YOUNGSVILLE LA TTUHRT 30.09 -92.02 295/034 01/2056 320/048 01/1919 0214B-2 NE ABBEVILLE LA TTUHRT 30.00 -92.10 311/031 01/1942 291/046 01/2103 0215A-4 N ABBEVILLE LA TTUHRT 30.03 -92.13 257/051 01/2008 315/074 01/1940 0217A-2 S CROWLEY LA TTUHRT 30.18 -92.37 325/032 01/2034 320/051 01/2101 0218B-4 NE KAPLAN LA TTUHRT 30.05 -92.24 311/036 01/1947 292/049 01/2117 0220B-4 SSE MILTON LA TTUHRT 30.05 -92.05 299/037 268/054 0221A-1 ESE AVERY ISLAND LA TTUHRT 29.90 -91.89 353/038 01/1847 359/059 01/1917 0222B-3 SW MAURICE LA TTUHRT 30.07 -92.15 326/042 01/1957 319/060 01/2017 0223A-3 W KAPLAN LA TTUHRT 30.01 -92.34 298/035 01/2021 304/052 01/2023 REMARKS: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HURRICANE RESEARCH TEAM MESONET DATA. C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0600 UTC SEPTEMBER 1 UNTIL 1759 UTC SEPTEMBER 4 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL LAT LON PARISH (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADIANA REGIONAL IBERIA KARA 1.62 I 30.02 -91.53 ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL RAPIDES KAEX 8.73 31.33 -92.56 ESLER REGIONAL RAPIDES KESF 1.57 I 31.24 -92.18 LAFAYETTE REGIONAL LAFAYETTE KLFT 6.62 I 30.12 -92.00 LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL CALCASIEU KLCH 1.45 30.12 -93.23 SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL JEFFERSON KBPT 0.24 29.95 -94.08 REMARKS: KARA HAD DATA LOSS FROM 1900 UTC SEPTEMBER 1 TO 0400 UTC SEPTEMBER 4. KLFT HAD DATA LOSS FROM 2100 UTC SEPTEMBER 1 TO 0100 UTC SEPTEMBER 2. KESF STOPPED REPORTING DATA AFTER 2200 UTC SEPTEMBER 1. COOP STORM TOTAL RAINFALL --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL LAT LON PARISH (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDRIA POWER PLANT LA RAPIDES ALXL1 6.40 31.32 -92.47 ALEXANDRIA 7 E LA RAPIDES 20.43 31.29 -92.35 BELL CITY 13 SW LA CAMERON BELL1 2.05 29.97 -93.09 BUNKIE LA AVOYELLES BNKL1 14.06 30.95 -92.17 CADE 2 ENE LA SAINT MARTIN CADL1 8.69 30.09 -91.87 DE RIDDER LA BEAUREGARD DRIL1 1.96 30.83 -93.28 GRAND COTEAU LA SAINT LANDRY GRCL1 8.95 30.43 -92.03 JEANERETTE 5 NW LA IBERIA JENL1 12.05 29.95 -91.72 JENNINGS LA JEFFERSON DAVIS JNNL1 5.35 30.20 -92.67 LAFAYETTE LA LAFAYETTE LFYL1 8.00 30.21 -91.99 LAKE ARTHUR 10 SW LA JEFFERSON DAVIS LWRL1 4.50 30.00 -92.80 LAKE CHARLES 2 N LA CALCASIEU LCHL1 1.81 30.25 -93.22 LAKE CHARLES 7 NW LA CALCASIEU LCRL1 1.60 30.3 -93.27 LAKE CHARLES PORT LA CALCASIEU LKCL1 2.74 30.22 -93.25 LEESVILLE LA VERNON LEEL1 4.67 31.13 -93.25 LELAND BOWMAN LOCK LA VERMILION VLKL1 3.57 29.78 -92.22 MARKSVILLE LA AVOYELLES MKVL1 16.67 31.15 -92.03 MOSS BLUFF LA CALCASIEU MBFL1 3.26 30.30 -93.22 MOSS BLUFF 2 NNW LA CALCASIEU MBLL1 2.50 30.34 -93.22 OAKDALE LA ALLEN OAKL1 9.98 30.82 -92.67 OLD TOWN BAY LA CALCASIEU OTBL1 1.93 30.29 -93.14 ROCKEFELLER WLDLF RFG LA CAMERON GCHL1 1.27 29.73 -92.82 ROSEPINE LA VERNON ROSL1 3.65 30.95 -93.28 SAINT MARTINVILLE 3 SW LA SAINT MARTIN SMVL1 8.90 30.10 -91.88 SULPHUR LA CALCASIEU SULL1 2.30 30.23 -92.82 BEAUMONT TX JEFFERSON BEAT2 0.23 30.10 -94.10 BEAUMONT RESEARCH STN TX JEFFERSON BAGT2 0.16 30.07 -94.28 LUMBERTON TX HARDIN LLBT2 0.14 30.25 -94.17 ORANGE TX ORANGE ORAT2 0.55 30.12 -93.74 ORANGE 9 N TX ORANGE ORET2 0.11 30.23 -93.73 SILSBEE 4 N TX HARDIN SLBT2 0.24 30.40 -94.20 TOWN BLUFF RESERVOIR TX TYLER TBLT2 0.51 30.80 -94.18 WILDWOOD TX TYLER WWDT2 0.29 30.53 -94.45 WOODVILLE TX TYLER WDVT2 0.63 30.75 -94.40 RAWS STORM TOTAL RAINFALL --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL LAT LON PARISH (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- FULLERTON LA VERNON VRNL1 6.98 31.03 -92.98 GARDNER LA RAPIDES GARL1 13.54 31.19 -92.63 LACASSINE LA CAMERON LACL1 3.22 30.00 -92.89 FORT POLK LA VERNON LEVL1 5.22 31.02 -93.19 REMARKS: I-INCOMPLETE DATA DUE TO STATION FAILURE. UNOFFICIAL STORM TOTAL RAINFALL --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL LAT LON PARISH (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- ST. MARTINVILLE 3 SW LA ST. MARTIN CADL1 8.69 31.29 -92.35 CHENEYVILLE 5 W LA RAPIDES CLWL1 13.73 31.00 -92.38 MOREAUVILLE LA AVOYELLES MRVL1 11.15 31.03 -91.98 LAFAYETTE 2 E LA LAFAYETTE VLSL1 6.86 30.22 -91.99 BREAUX BRIDGE 5 SSW LA ST. MARTIN VRLL1 5.95 30.22 -91.94 FORT POLK 8 ESE LA VERNON WHCL1 4.63 31.01 -93.08 UNION HILL 3 E LA RAPIDES GLML1 4.03 30.99 -92.68 PITKIN 8 NNW LA VERNON SMCL1 4.72 31.04 -93.00 PITKIN 6 NNE LA VERNON BBCL1 4.69 31.02 -92.90 MILTON 3 NNW LA LAFAYETTE VSHL1 4.86 30.14 -92.08 MITTIE 2 SE LA ALLEN MTTL1 7.54 30.69 -92.89 DE RIDDER 4 ESE LA BEAUREGARD BUNL1 3.21 30.82 -93.23 BASILE 2 WSW LA JEFFERSON DAVIS BSLL1 8.54 30.48 -92.63 EFFIE 10 WSW LA RAPIDES RRBL1 7.17 31.18 -92.32 OBERLIN 3 WNW LA ALLEN OBCL1 2.84 30.64 -92.81 REMARKS: RIVER GAGE RAINFALL DATA. D. INLAND FLOODING... ------------------ RIVER FLOODING... RIVER POINT CREST DATE/TIME FS --------------------------------------------------------------------- CALCASIEU RIVER-GLENMORA 14.42 FT 04/0200Z 12.00 FT 31.00 -92.67 CALCASIEU RIVER-OAKDALE 13.10 FT 04/1330Z 12.00 FT 30.82 -92.69 CALCASIEU RIVER-OBERLIN 16.65 FT 06/0600Z 13.00 FT 30.64 -92.82 CALCASIEU RIVER-OLD TOWN BAY 4.75 FT 03/1700Z 4.00 FT 30.29 -93.14 CALCASIEU RIVER- SALT WATER BARRIER 4.69 FT 03/1400Z 4.00 FT 30.25 -93.22 VERMILION RIVER-SURREY ST LAFAYETTE 11.24 FT 04/0700Z 10.00 FT 30.21 -91.99 VERMILION RIVER-CARENCRO 19.01 FT 04/1700Z 16.00 FT 30.36 -91.99 VERMILION RIVER-BROUSSARD BRIDGE 8.58 FT 04/0900Z 7.00 FT 30.14 -92.08 ATCHAFALAYA RIVER-MORGAN CITY 4.40 FT 02/1200Z 4.00 FT 29.70 -91.21 E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE OFFICIAL TIDE GAGES NOTED WITH LEADING "G" --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY/ CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE BEACH PARISH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- ST MARY G AMERADA PASS LA 3.39 4.77 01/2242 MINOR ST MARY G CYPREMORT POINT LA 2.63 3.20 02/1706 MINOR ST MARY G TESORO TERMINAL LA 1.70 2.17 02/0112 MINOR VERMILION G FRESHWATER CANAL LA 2.69 4.01 03/0706 CALCASIEU G CALCASIEU PASS LA 1.17 3.19 03/0906 CALCASIEU G LAKE CHARLES LA 1.91 2.82 03/1406 JEFFERSON G PORT ARTHUR TX 1.32 2.25 03/1100 JEFFERSON G RAINBOW BRIDGE TX 1.34 2.09 03/1300 JEFFERSON G SABINE PASS NORTH TX 1.90 2.82 03/1412 REMARKS: SURGE AND TOTAL TIDE VALUES ARE IN MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. F. TORNADOES --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON(DEG DECIMAL) PARISH TIME(UGC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFIE AVOYELLES 02/0107 EF0 31.17 -92.20 A SMALL TORNADO WAS SEEN BY A TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR EFFIE. IT PRODUCED NO DAMAGE. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.11 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 25 YARDS. 2 SE MANSURA AVOYELLES 02/2210 EF0 31.05 -92.02 A SMALL TORNADO WAS SEEN BY A SHERIFF DEPUTY NEAR MANSURA. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.11 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 25 YARDS. LEBLANC ALLEN 03/0008 EF0 30.51 -92.95 A TORNADO PARTIALLY REMOVED THE ROOF OF ONE MOBILE HOME ALONG HIGHWAY 190 IN LEBLANC. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES REPORTED SEEING AND HEARING THE TORNADO SNAPPING TREES IN UNACCESSIBLE FORESTED AREAS NEARBY. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 1/4 MILE AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 7 NE BASILE EVANGELINE 03/0757 EF2 30.54 -92.51 A NARROW BUT INTENSE TORNADO BEGAN 7 MI NE OF BASILE IN THE DURALDE COMMUNITY AND MOVED NORTHEAST ENDING 2 MILES WEST OF MAMOU. A HOME ON VALENTINE ROAD WAS DAMAGED WITH PARTIAL ROOF LOSS CAUSING 1 INJURY. A HOME ON HIGHWAY 374 WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AFTER BEING KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. ALONG DUCULUS ROAD TWO HOMES LOST MUCH OF THEIR ROOFS. ONE UNOCCUPIED TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS TOSSED TO THE NORTHWEST OVER 100 YARDS AND SPLIT IN HALF. ANOTHER MOBILE HOME WAS THROWN IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE CURVE 200 YARDS AND OBLITERATED RESULTING IN 2 FATALITIES AND 1 CRITICAL INJURY. ANOTHER HOME WAS DAMAGED NEAR THE END OF THE PATH ON HIGHWAY 104 WITH PARTIAL ROOF LOSS. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALL ALONG THE TRACK. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 7 MILES AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. 2 WSW CROWLEY ACADIA 03/1657 EF0 30.21 -92.40 A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE SHERIFF OFFICE IN CROWLEY. THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS BLOWN DOWN TREES AND SOME GARBAGE CANS THROWN AROUND. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 0.41 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. 1 NNE ARNAUDVILLE ST LANDRY 03/1850 EF1 30.41 -91.93 LOW END EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG HIGHWAY 31 SOUTH OF HEBERT ROAD IN ARNAUDVILLE AND MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE MOBILE HOME ON ST LANDRY STREET WAS SHIFTED AND LOST ITS ROOF. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. CHENEYVILLE RAPIDES 03/2015 EF1 31.01 -92.29 LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WITNESSED TORNADO DAMAGING HOMES AND TREES IN CHENEYVILLE. NO INJURIES. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.31 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS. G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY/PARISH DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADIA PARISH 0 0 UNKNOWN VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERRE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN OVER THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF ACADIA PARISH. THIS INCLUDES THE CHURCH POINT REGION. LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OF THE PARISH HAD POWER RESTORED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MOST PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS TO THE ROOFS...WHERE TREES FELL ON HOMES OR SHINGLES WERE PULLED OFF. ALLEN PARISH 0 0 UNKNOWN VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. AT LEAST 2700 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. AVOYELLES PARISH 0 0 NONE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...ESPECIALLY IN THE MARKSVILLE TO BUNKIE AREA. BEAUREGARD PARISH 0 0 UNKNOWN VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. AT LEAST 2900 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. CALCASIEU PARISH 0 (2 INDIRECT) 0 135,000 VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDY 8/31/08. MINOR WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN MOSS BLUFF AND LAKE CHARLES. TWO MEN DIED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM A GENERATOR IN MOSS BLUFF. CAMERON PARISH 0 0 5,000 VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. ONLY A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...MAINLY IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PARISH. EVANGELINE PARISH 2 0 UNKNOWN WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. THE HOSPITAL IN VILLE PLATTE RECEIVED SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE. TWO PEOPLE DIED ON 9/2/08 IN AN EF-2 TORNADO. IBERIA PARISH 0 0 40,000 VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. SOME HOMES WITH METAL ROOFS HAD PORTIONS OF THE ROOF PEELED BACK. AT LEAST 23,175 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. HEAVY FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND NEW IBERIA. WATER WAS TWO FEET DEEP NEAR JOHNSTON STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BAYOU TECHE HAD TOPPED ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOODING FRONT STREET. THE AMENCO CANAL IN WEST NEW IBERIA OVERFLOWED AND PUT 1.5 FT DEEP WATER ON HOPKINS...SPENCER...AND SHELTER STREET. JEFF DAVIS PARISH 0 0 UNKNOWN MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. WIND DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE PARISH... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF HATHAWAY. LAFAYETTE PARISH 1 0 UNKNOWN VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. A 27 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A TREE FELL THROUGH HIS HOME IN LAFAYETTE. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE...SOME LANDING ON HOMES AND VEHICLES. OVER 10,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. RAPIDES PARISH 0 0 NONE WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOREST HILL AREA. MAJOR URBAN STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ALEXANDRIA. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE RESCUED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD WHERE WATER WAS CHEST-DEEP IN PLACES ON WEDNESDAY 9/3/08 MORNING. AS MANY AS 450 HOMES FLOODED IN ALEXANDRIA RESULTING IN $8.5 MILLION IN FLOOD DAMAGES. AS MANY AS 150 BUSINESSES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE ALSO FLOODED RESULTING IN $3 MILLION IN FLOOD DAMAGES. TWO SCHOOLS FLOODED IN ALEXANDRIA RESULTING IN $3.5 MILLION IN FLOOD DAMAGES. AT THE ALEXANDRIA MALL...A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE ROOF RESULTED IN MUCH OF THE MALL FLOODING. DAMAGES FOR THE MALL ARE ESTIMATED BETWEEN $10-15 MILLION. TOTAL DAMAGE FOR THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WAS ESTIMATED OVER $25 MILLION. OTHER CITIES IN THE PARISH HAD WATER ENTER HOMES...SUCH AS WOODWORTH...GLENMORA...AND PINEVILLE. ST. LANDRY PARISH 0 0 NONE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. AMONG THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WAS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NUBIA...SUNSET...AND GRAND COTEAU...WHERE LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE LEAST DAMAGED REGION WAS EUNICE IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE PARISH. IN OPELOUSAS...THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTSH DUE TO A PARTIAL ROOF AND WALL COLLAPSE. FOUR PORTABLE BUILDINGS AT PARK VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOST THEIR ROOFS. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD STANDING WATER IN THE BUILDING. THE GYMS AT ARNAUDVILLE AND LEOONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FLOODED...AND THE PORT BARRE AND LAWTELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD ROOF DAMAGE. OVERALL...THE PARISH WAS HIT HARDER THAN HURRICANE LILI FROM 2002. ST. MARTIN PARISH 0 (1 INDIRECT) 0 UNKNOWN VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. THE HARDEST HIT AREA WAS AROUND HENDERSON. IN LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH...TWO AIR CONDITIONERS BLEW OFF THE ROOF OF THE STEPHENSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...AND A RADIO TOWER LOST THE TOP 20-30 FEET OF THE TOWER. ON MONDAY NIGHT 9/1/08...A ST. MARTINVILLE WOMAN DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY CANDLES. WIDESPREAD FRESH WATER FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON TUESDAY 9/2/08...WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. AROUND 300 TELEPHONE POLES WERE BROKEN IN IBERIA...ST. MARTIN...AND ST. MARY PARISHES. ST. MARY PARISH 0 0 45,000 MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN PARISH-WIDE. AROUND TEN PERCENT OF THE HOMES IN ST. MARY PARISH HAD ROOF DAMAGE. SOME HOMES HAD TREES FALL ON THEM. IN MORGAN CITY...THE ELECTRIC ...WATER...AND STEAM PLANT WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. ST. JOHN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN FRANKLIN HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF. OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PARISH HAD MINOR WATER DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROOF LEAKS...AND DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES SUCH AS METAL SHEDS. THE FRANKLIN CANAL HAD A MAN-MADE SAND BAG LEVEE SET UP TO PREVENT STORM SURGE FROM ENTERING HOMES. THE WATER ROSE TO NEARLY THE TOP...BUT DID NOT COME OVER THE LEVEE. THE SUGAR CANE CROP APPEARS TO BE SEVERELY DAMAGED. OVERALL...RESIDENTS REPORT THE DAMAGE WAS NOT AS BAD AS IN 1992 WITH HURRICANE ANDREW. VERMILION PARISH 0 0 30,000 VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SATURDAY 8/30/08. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED ON SUNDAY 8/31/08. MINOR WIND DAMAGE...MAINLY CONFINED TO THE EASTERN HALF OF VERMILION PARISH. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ERATH AND DELCAMBRE. VERNON PARISH 0 0 NONE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...MAINLY ACROSS THE PITKIN AND CRAVENS AREA. OVER 200 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER. HARDIN COUNTY 0 0 NONE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED. NO STORM DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. JASPER COUNTY 0 0 NONE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED. NO STORM DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. JEFFERSON COUNTY 0 0 NONE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED. NO STORM DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. ORANGE COUNTY 0 0 NONE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WERE CALLED. NO STORM DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. $$ LEGEND: I-INCOMPLETE DATA E-ESTIMATED SHAMBURGER/LANDRENEAU/ERICKSON/BRAZZELL/CARBONI