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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2008

...DAMAGE SURVEYS FOUND 18 TORNADO TRACKS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA FROM IKE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYS IN
NATCHITOCHES...GRANT...WINN...JACKSON...CALDWELL...RED
RIVER...WEBSTER...LINCOLN...OUACHITA....UNION...BIENVILLE...LA SALLE
PARISHES AND IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TEXAS AND UNION COUNTY
ARKANSAS. EIGHTEEN TORNADO TRACKS WERE FOUND DURING THE SURVEYS. THESE
TORNADOES OCCURRED ON SATURDAY...SEPTEMBER 13TH...DURING THE TIME
THAT TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVED THROUGH EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WITH SPIRALING BANDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

1...AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR WODEN TEXAS AT 821 AM. A ROOF WAS
RIPPED OFF OF A METAL OUTBUILDING AND INSULATION WAS STREWN INTO
TREES AND ON THE GROUND FOR 0.25 MILES. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A
TRAILER 0.12 MILE SOUTHEAST NEAR WHERE THE EF0 TORNADO FIRST
TOUCHED DOWN. SEVERAL TREES WERE DAMAGED ABOUT 0.12 MILES
NORTHWEST. THE TOTAL PATH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 0.25 MILES LONG AND
APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS WIDE.

2...AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURED 5 MILES WNW OF DIXIE INN LA AT 1049
AM. SEVERAL TREES WERE KNOCKED OVER AND A POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED
JUST EAST OF GOODWILL RD ALONG ELMO BURTON LOOP. NUMEROUS LARGE
BRANCHES WERE ALSO THROWN IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. THE EF0 TORNADO
WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS WIDE AND 0.50 MILES LONG.

3...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL JACKSON PARISH LA NORTHEAST
OF QUITMAN NEAR JOINER ROAD AT 1216 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR
APPROXIMATELY .75 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR MT. ZION ROAD. A FEW
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE 40 YARD WIDE PATH.

4...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN RURAL JACKSON PARISH LA SOUTHEAST
OF RUSTON ALONG RISER ROAD AT 1220 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 3.1 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE LINCOLN COUNTY
LINE ALONG RISER ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
ALONG THE 50 YARD WIDE PATH. LARGE BRANCHES WERE ALSO BROKEN ALONG
THE TRACK.

5...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN LINCOLN PARISH LA JUST SOUTH OF
THE CITY LIMITS OF RUSTON AT 1223 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE RUSTON CITY LIMIT
ALONG RISER ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG
THE 50 YARD WIDE PATH INCLUDING SOME LARGE TREES.

6...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN LINCOLN PARISH NORTH OF DUBACH
NEAR HAYHOUSE RD AT 1247 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY
0.25 MILES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED IN A THICK FORESTED AREA
ALONG HAYHOUSE ROAD ALONG A 40 YARD WIDE PATH.

7...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN UNION PARISH LA WEST OF BERNICE
NEAR BUSBY ROAD AT 1253 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY
0.25 MILES. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN A ALONG A 40
YARD WIDE PATH.

8...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN LA SALLE PARISH LA NORTHWEST OF
JENA NEAR HWY 84 AT 105 PM. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
INCLUDING ONE ONTO A MOBILE HOME. THE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.25
MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE.

9...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN CALDWELL PARISH LA NORTHEAST OF
OLLA ALONG WHITE ROAD AT 120 PM. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
SEVERAL POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ALONG WHITE ROAD. THE PATH WAS
APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES LONG AND 30 YARDS WIDE.

10...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN CALDWELL PARISH LA NEAR
THE OUACHITA RIVER ALONG LENARD ROAD AT 148 PM. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED IN A FIELD ALONG LENARD ROAD AND IN A FORESTED AREA
NEAR THE END OF THE TRACK. THE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES
LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE.

11...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN UNION PARISH LA NORTHWEST OF
STERLINGTON NEAR SPENCER AT 208 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 3.50 MILES. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE
SNAPPED. ONE LARGE TREE WAS KNOCKED OVER ON AN OUTBUILDING ALONG
ARKANSAS ROAD.

12...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN UNION COUNTY AR IN EAST OF STRONG
ALONG NORTH ROAD AT 247 PM. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED IN THE SWAMP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD ALONG A PATH OF
APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES.

13...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN UNION COUNTY AR IN THE TOWN
OF HUTTIG AT 318 PM. THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.50
MILES. SEVERAL TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED AND A HOUSE
IN HUTTIG AR SUSTAINED SOME ROOF DAMAGE.

14...AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HALL SUMMIT LA IN
RED RIVER PARISH AT 335 PM. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND
KNOCKED OVER ALONG A STRETCH ALONG STATE ROUTE 783 BETWEEN
EDGEFIELD AND HALL SUMMIT. THE PATH WAS EF0 DAMAGE ABOUT 40 YARDS
WIDE AND .25 MILES LONG.

15...AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINDEN LA
JUST WEST OF THE MINDEN AIRPORT ALONG METHODIST CAMP ROAD AT 409 PM.
THE TORNADO TRACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES BEFORE DISAPATING
NEAR THE KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST. A FEW TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
WERE SNAPPED AND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME POWER LINES ALONG THE 40
YARD WIDE PATH.

16...AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 13 MI SW OF NATCHITOCHES LA TO 4
MI SW OF NATCHITOCHES AT 830 PM. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TREES
DOWN AND SNAPPED ALONG A 9 MILE PATH. PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.

17...AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 11 MI NNW OF WINNFIELD LA TO 16
MILES NORTH OF WINNFIELD LA AT 845 PM. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TREES DOWNED OR
UPROOTED. THE TOTLA PATH LENGTH WAS 7 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 30
YARDS.

18...EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 1 MILES SE OF MONTGOMERY LA TO 4
MILES ENE OF MONTGOMERY LA AT 1137 PM. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF
SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. PATH LENGTH WAS 4 MILES AND
PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.

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STELLMAN