CONFIRMED TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM SURVEY.  TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF VEROT SCHOOL ROAD AND HIGHWAY 92 AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD ENDING NEAR BONIN ROAD. 

CONFIRMED TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM SURVEY. WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 111-120 MPH, OR ON THE LOW END OF EF2.  THIS TORNADO WAS SPAWNED BY THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED THE YOUNGSVILLE TORNADO. 

THE TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF POYDRAS HIGHWAY AND EUNICE ROAD AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD ENDING PAST NURSERY HIGHWAY.  SEVERAL BRICK HOMES HAD ROOFS REMOVED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH ONE HOME LOSING MUCH OF ITS SECOND FLOOR.  THE PATH WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS WIDEST POINT SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH A 300 YARD WIDE SWATH OF DAMAGE AND DEBRIS NOTED.  A TOTAL OF 44 HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED, WITH 80 HOMES IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO.  3 INJURIES OCCURRED IN A SMALL BRICK HOME WHERE THE ROOF BLEW OFF CAUSING A BRICK WALL AND OTHER DEBRIS TO FALL ONTO THEM.  SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.

THIS TORNADO WAS THE STRONGEST TO AFFECT THE NWS LAKE CHARLES COUNTY WARNING AREA SINCE THE TORNADO OUTBREAK OF NOVEMBER 23, 2004.

LIKELY TORNADO BASED ON NEWSPAPER REPORTS AND RADAR.  WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 65 AND 85 MPH. A SMALL TORNADO STRUCK A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF ERATH AND DESTROYED IT.