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Severe thunderstorms of
February 16-17, 2008 |
Two rounds of severe weather struck Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana
from February 16th into February 17th. One area of strong to severe
thunderstorms developed early in the morning on February 16th, with two reports
of large hail across Central Louisiana. Late in the evening on February
16th into the early morning of February 17th, an intense line of severe
thunderstorms (called a squall line) moved rapidly across the area from west to
east, with numerous reports of large hail and wind damage. The worst
damage was from an EF1 Tornado along the leading edge of the squall line, which
struck in and near Palmetto, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish.
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PRELIMINARY
LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
603 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT...
...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG....
..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 AM HAIL
BOYCE
31.39N 92.67W
02/16/2008 E0.75 INCH
RAPIDES
LA AMATEUR RADIO
0605 AM HAIL
BIG CANE
30.82N 92.01W
02/16/2008 M1.00 INCH
ST. LANDRY
LA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
0940 PM TSTM WND DMG
12 E WOODVILLE
30.77N 94.22W
02/16/2008
TYLER
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG
5 E NEWTON
30.85N 93.67W
02/16/2008
NEWTON
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN
DOWN EAST OF NEWTON.
1105 PM HAIL
ROSEPINE
30.92N 93.28W
02/16/2008 E0.88 INCH
VERNON
LA PUBLIC
1115 PM MARINE TSTM WIND
7 SW JOHNSON BAYOU
29.69N 93.73W
02/16/2008 M53.00 MPH
GMZ450
LA PUBLIC
MEASURED AT
WEST CAMERON 17 PLATFORM.
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG
10 E LEESVILLE
31.14N 93.11W
02/16/2008
VERNON
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
NEAR HICKS.
1200 AM TSTM WND DMG
LAKE CHARLES
30.21N 93.20W
02/17/2008
CALCASIEU
LA PUBLIC
LARGE TREE
HAS FALLEN ONTO POWER LINE ON THE 800 BLOCK OF
ORANGE AND
KIRKMAN STREETS.
1250 AM TSTM WND DMG
2 N EUNICE
30.52N 92.42W
02/17/2008
ST. LANDRY
LA PUBLIC
TREES BLOWN
DOWN ON POWER LINES.
0101 AM TSTM WND DMG
MARKSVILLE
31.13N 92.06W
02/17/2008
AVOYELLES
LA PUBLIC
TREE DOWN ON
HWY 114.
0120 AM TSTM WND DMG
2 NW DUPONT
30.95N 91.97W
02/17/2008
AVOYELLES
LA PUBLIC
TREE BLOWN
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 107
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG
3 S KAPLAN
29.96N 92.28W
02/17/2008
VERMILION
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
SHED AND DECK
DAMAGED NEAR HWY 335.
0128 AM TSTM WND DMG
1 W PALMETTO
30.72N 91.92W
02/17/2008
ST. LANDRY
LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM
SURVEY NOTED SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG AND
SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 10 BETWEEN LEBEAU AND PALMETTO.
0130 AM TSTM WND DMG
OPELOUSAS
30.52N 92.08W
02/17/2008
ST. LANDRY
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE FELL ON
POWERLINE AND HOME ON SUNNYSIDE AVE.
0130 AM TORNADO
2 S PALMETTO
30.68N 91.90W
02/17/2008 F1
ST. LANDRY
LA NWS STORM SURVEY
TSTM WIND
DAMAGE UPGRADED TO TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM
SURVEY.
DAMAGE FOUND FROM EF1 TORNADO ALONG A PATH FROM
2
MILES SOUTH
OF PALMETTO TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMETTO.
NUMEROUS
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR UPROOTED WITH RESIDENTS
TRAPPED IN
ONE HOME. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN. MANY
HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE TIED-DOWN MOBILE
HOME WAS
ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES AND DESTROYED. SHEDS WERE
DESTROYED AND
A CAMPER WAS ROLLED AND DAMAGED. PATH
LENGTH OF 5
MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 125 YARDS.
0135 AM HAIL
ABBEVILLE
29.97N 92.12W
02/17/2008 M1.00 INCH
VERMILION
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
0220 AM TSTM WND DMG
NEW IBERIA
30.01N 91.82W
02/17/2008
IBERIA
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOF OF HOME OFF ADMIRAL DOYLE DRIVE.
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