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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
352 PM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/10/2024 Tornado Event...

.Holmwood Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.83 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/10/2024
Start Time:             06:41 AM CDT
Start Location:         7 W Bell City / Calcasieu Parish / LA
Start Lat/Lon:          30.1026 / -93.0903

End Date:               04/10/2024
End Time:               06:42 AM CDT
End Location:           7 W Bell City / Calcasieu Parish / LA
End Lat/Lon:            30.1111 / -93.0804

Survey Summary:
Brief tornado touched down on a property to the west of W Todd
Rd, destroying a sheet metal carport, causing overhang/fascia
damage to a home and tree damage. Tornado continued northeast
crossing W Todd Road and an open field, reaching a property to
the west of LA-27 causing additional tree damage and overturning
an unanchored wooden storage barn prior to dissipating.

.Ardoin Cove Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.63 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/10/2024
Start Time:             06:51 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 S Lacassine / Jefferson Davis Parish / LA
Start Lat/Lon:          30.1939 / -92.9268

End Date:               04/10/2024
End Time:               06:58 AM CDT
End Location:           1 SSW Welsh / Jefferson Davis Parish / LA
End Lat/Lon:            30.2192 / -92.8199

Survey Summary:
The Tornado began east of LA-101 along Ardoin Cove Road, causing
damage to trees and a mobile home. A metal building had part of
its roof removed, which was thrown into a field. The tornado
moved east-northeast, crossing Parish Road 720A and causing
damage to utility poles, then crossing LA-1131 causing damage to
trees and mobile homes. The tornado continued east-northeast
toward LeBlanc Road causing damage to several metal outbuildings,
then passed through agricultural fields before crossing Abell
Road west of East Bayou Lacassine. The tornado caused additional
tree damage north of Abell Road prior to dissipating west of LA-
99.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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