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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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