PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
908 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2008

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

0320 PM     TORNADO          2 SE CHATAIGNIER        30.55N 92.29W
04/11/2008  F0               EVANGELINE         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO WHICH BEGAN 2 SOUTHEAST
            CHATAIGNIER ON ST. JUILAN ROAD/SR 95 AND LANSE BOURBEUSE
            ROAD/PR 1-115 IN EVANGELINE PARISH...WHERE THE GREATEST
            DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TRACK ENDED 1 E OF PRAIRIE ROND IN
            ST. LANDRY PARISH...FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF 8.5 MILES AND
            50 YARDS WIDE. AMONG THE DAMAGE FOUND WERE NUMEROUS TREES
            DOWN AND TREE TOPS RIPPED OFF...TIN SHEDS BLOWN
            APART...METAL AND SHINGLE ROOFING BLOWN OFF HOMES.

0330 PM     TORNADO          3 NW LAWTELL            30.55N 92.22W
04/11/2008  F0               ST. LANDRY         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO...ONE WHICH CONTINUED 
            FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST CHATAIGNIER IN EVANGELINE PARISH...
            ACROSS WESTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH 1 MILE SOUTH OF PRAIRIE 
            RONDE. AMONG THE DAMAGE FOUND WERE TIN AWINGS AND PART OF 
            A TIN ROOF RIPPED OFF A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES ALONG PRAIRIE 
            RONDE HIGHWAY/SR 103. DAMAGE TO TREE TOPS WERE OBSERVED ABOUT 
            1 MILE EAST OF PRAIRIE RONDE. TOTAL TRACK LENGTH OF TORNADO
            IN ST. LANDRY PARISH WAS 5 MILES...WITH A WIDTH OF 40

0342 PM     HAIL             WASHINGTON              30.62N 92.06W
04/11/2008  E0.88 INCH       ST. LANDRY         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0342 PM     HAIL             5 N OPELOUSAS           30.59N 92.07W
04/11/2008  E1.75 INCH       ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELDS.
            ALSO CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE REPORTED AS WELL.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S WASHINGTON          30.59N 92.06W
04/11/2008                   ST. LANDRY         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED THE
            EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE ABOUT 500 YARDS WIDE
            ALONG SR 182 JUST NORTH OF NUBA. THIS PLACEMENT OF THE
            DAMAGING WINDS IS LIKELY THE REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT PORTION
            OF THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO JUST A MILE
            SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION.

0345 PM     TORNADO          3 N OPELOUSAS           30.57N 92.08W
04/11/2008  F0               ST. LANDRY         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED EF0 TORNADO WHICH BEGAN 5 MILES
            NORTHEAST OF OPELOUSAS AND ENDED 5 MILES NORTH OF
            OPELOUSAS...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF US 167
            AND LA 182. TOTAL TRACK LENGTH WAS AROUND 4 MILES...AND
            TRACK WIDTH UNDETERMINED. AMONG THE DAMAGE WAS SEVERAL
            LARGE TREES BLOWN OVER...LARGE TREE BRANCHES
            SNAPPED...AND PORCH AND SHED DESTROYED ALONG DEPRIMO
            LANE/PR 5-20.


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ERICKSON/LANDRENEAU