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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

200 PM CDT Tue May 14 2024





...NWS Damage Survey for 05/13/2024 Event...



.Sulphur Tornado...



Rating:                 EF-3

Estimated Peak Wind:    145 mph

Path Length /statute/:  3.4 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0



Start Date:             May 13 2024

Start Time:             4:41 PM CDT

Start Location:         Sulphur / Calcasieu / LA

Start Lat/Lon:          30.2540 / -93.3475



End Date:               May 13 2024

End Time:               4:45 PM CDT

End Location:           Sulphur / Calcasieu / LA

End Lat/Lon:            30.2175 / -93.3083



Storm Summary: An EF-3 tornado touched down north of Orphan Village Road in

Sulphur, then tracked southeast damaging homes and businesses. On East

Napoleon St. two warehouses were destroyed by the tornado. On N 

Cities Service HWY a gas station awning was damaged along with a

strip mall. In the Maplewood community several houses were damaged with 

trees uprooted or snapped and parts of roofs blown off. The last reported 

damage was on Bayou Dinde Pass where several trees were snapped. Along 

the path trees and power lines were also downed.  





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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 event and publication in NWS

Storm Data.



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Slaughter/Erickson