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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1226 PM CDT MON APR 16 2018

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

0603 AM     TORNADO          4 SW GRAND PRAIRIE      30.64N 92.19W
04/14/2018  F1               ST. LANDRY         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CHRISTINA AND DEVILLE ROADS,
            DESTROYING THE ROOF OF ONE HOME. IT CROSSED ST. ANDREWS
            RD, SNAPPING MULTIPLE TREES AND CAUSING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
            TO SEVERAL HOUSES. IT THEN CROSSED LA-10, DOWNING TREES
            AND ENDING NEAR ALDES RD.

0637 AM     TORNADO          3 NNW CARENCRO          30.35N 92.05W
04/14/2018  F2               LAFAYETTE          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AVE. AND
            PATIN RD, DAMAGING SEVERAL HOMES BEFORE TOPLING A LARGE
            ADVERTISING BILLBOARD AND CROSSING I-49. THE TORNADO
            DAMAGED SEVERAL BUSINESSES EAST OF I-49 AND CONTINUED ENE
            FOR SEVERAL MILES, CROSSING HWY 1252 SEVERAL TIMES AND
            DOWNING MULTIPLE TREES AND BRANCHES. IT ENDED ALONG
            ARNAUDVILLE AND LANTIER ROADS, ROLLING A METAL
            OUTBUILDING AND RV, AND DAMAGING MULTIPLE ROOFS.

0913 AM     TORNADO          1 S BAYOU VISTA         29.68N 91.27W
04/14/2018  F0               ST. MARY           LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A WEAK TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE PLANTATION
            HOTEL, UPLIFTING A LARGE SECTION OF THE ROOF AND BREAKING
            MULTIPLE ROOM WINDOWS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST
            ACROSS US 90 INTO THE MARSH AND DISSIPATED.


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