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May 15, 2008
Tornadoes & Severe Weather |
One of the most widespread severe weather events across
Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas in many years affected the area between
1 AM CDT and 9 AM CDT on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Tornadoes and wind damage
were reported in numerous locations, with the most significant damage across
South-Central Louisiana around the Lafayette Metropolitan area.
As of May 20, 2008, a total of 9 tornadoes have been
confirmed across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. This makes the
May 15th event the biggest tornado outbreak across the region since October 16,
2006.
Information on this damaging severe weather event
continues to be gathered, and all information on this page should be considered
preliminary.
TORNADOES
![May 15th Tornadoes map](051508/may15tornadoesmap_tn.JPG)
#1 - Buna
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME:
400 AM |
LOCATION:
3 miles southeast of Buna, TX |
COUNTY:
Jasper |
RATING: EF0 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
1/4
mile |
PATH WIDTH: 25
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
359 AM |
LEAD TIME: 1 minutes |
DAMAGE:
EF0 TORNADO BLEW A ROOF OFF A BARN AND DOWNED TREES ALONG CAILLIER LOOP. |
#2 - Shear
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME:
415 AM |
LOCATION:
7 miles west-southwest of De Ridder, LA |
PARISH:
Beauregard |
RATING: EF1 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
5
miles |
PATH WIDTH:
50
yards |
DAMAGE:
EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PERSHING LOFTIN ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST THROUGH
THE COMMUNITY OF SHEAR AND ENDED NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD. MOST OF THE PATH
WAS RATED EF0 WITH THE MAIN DAMAGE TO TREES. ONE BARN HAD PARTIAL
ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE HOME ON PINE RIDGE ROAD LOST NUMEROUS SHINGLES. NEAR
THE END OF THE PATH ON WILLIE HARGROVE ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN AND ONE TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED (EF1) WITH TWO
MINOR INJURIES. |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20002.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20007.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20018.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20021.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20022.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20023.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20030.jpg) |
![Deridder Tornado](051508/deriddertornado%20031.jpg) |
#3 - Tulla
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME:
425 AM |
LOCATION:
7 miles south-southeast of De Ridder, LA |
PARISH:
Beauregard |
RATING: EF0 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
1/4
mile |
PATH WIDTH: 25
yards |
DAMAGE:
EF0 TORNADO BLEW DOWN AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 171 SOUTH
OF DERIDDER. |
#4 - Gueydan
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 520 AM |
LOCATION:
4 miles southwest of Gueydan, LA |
PARISH:
Vermilion |
RATING: EF0 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
1/4
mile |
PATH WIDTH: 25
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
459 AM |
LEAD TIME:
21 minutes |
DAMAGE:
EF0 TORNADO CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BLEW DOWN ONE BARN ON RAOUL
ROAD. |
#5 -
Maurice/Scott
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 615 AM
to 630 AM |
LOCATION:
4 miles west of Maurice, LA
to 5 miles southwest of Lafayette, LA |
PARISH:
Vermilion/Lafayette |
RATING: EF2 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
9
miles |
PATH WIDTH: 200
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
613 AM |
LEAD TIME:
2 to 17 minutes |
DAMAGE:
TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 92 AND HIGHWAY
343...AND ENDED 1 W OF MALL OF ACADIANA NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
WEST BROUSSARD RD AND DUHON RD.
DAMAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF PATH INCLUDES A MOBILE HOME ON CINDER BLOCKS
COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF AND DESTROYED...AND A NEIGHBORING HOUSE MOVED ABOUT
5 FEET OFF FOUNDATION. DEBRIS FROM THE DESTROYED MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN
NORTHEAST ACROSS SEVERAL FIELDS. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST INTO
THE ADOLA SUBDIVISION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES. IT
CROSSED NEAR THE ODESSA RD AND SELLERS RD INTERSECTION CONTINUING TO
BLOW DOWN TREES AND CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES. ALL OF THIS
DAMAGE WAS RATED EF0.
AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE HIGHWAY 724 AND BREAUX RD INTERSECTION IT
WIDENED AND STRENGTHENED CAUSING EF1 TO LOW-END EF2 DAMAGE. ONE
HOME ON DECOULET AVE HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF...CAUSING SOME OF
THE OUTSIDE WALLS TO COLLAPSE. 2 PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOME ESCAPED WITHOUT
INJURY. A NEARBY HOME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY DEBRIS FROM
THIS HOME...WITH OTHER HOMES RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
TREES...POWER LINES...AND FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE AREA.
THE TORNADO CROSSED BROUSSARD RD AND TURNED EASTWARD...WITH CONTINUED
MINOR ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE END OF THE PATH. THE EAST WALL OF
AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON HUVAL RD COLLAPSED. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST
WEST OF HIGHWAY 167 AND THE MALL OF ACADIANA. |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 1](051508/051508%20014.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 2](051508/051508%20017.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 3](051508/051508%20024.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 4](051508/051508%20011.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 5](051508/051508%20032.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 6](051508/051508%20035.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 7](051508/051508%20043.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 8](051508/051508%20044.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 9](051508/051508%20050.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 10](051508/051508%20054.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 11](051508/051508%20059.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 12](051508/051508%20062.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 13](051508/051508%20065.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 14](051508/051508%20068.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 15](051508/051508%20070.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 16](051508/051508%20071.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 17](051508/051508%20073.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 18](051508/051508%20089.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 19](051508/051508%20108.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 20](051508/051508%20106.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 21](051508/051508%20096.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 22](051508/051508%20100.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 23](051508/051508%20105.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 24](051508/051508%20109.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 25](051508/051508%20112.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 26](051508/051508%20115.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 27](051508/051508%20117.jpg) |
![Maurice/Scott Tornado 28](051508/051508%20118.jpg) |
#6 - River Ranch Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 635 AM |
LOCATION:
4 miles south-southwest of Lafayette, LA |
PARISH:
Lafayette |
RATING: EF0 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
1/2
miles |
PATH WIDTH: 25
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
613 AM |
LEAD TIME:
22 minutes |
DAMAGE:
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AMBASSADOR
CAFFERY PARKWAY AND KALISTE SALOOM RD IN LAFAYETTE...THEN MOVED
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BEAULLIEU PLACE AND RIVER RANCH SUBDIVISIONS.
MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ROOFS OF SOME HOMES WITH SCATTERED TREES BLOWN
DOWN AND DAMAGED. |
![River Ranch Tornado 1](051508/051508%20120.jpg) |
![River Ranch Tornado 2](051508/051508%20121.jpg) |
![River Ranch Tornado 3](051508/051508%20122.jpg) |
![River Ranch Tornado 4](051508/051508%20123.jpg) |
#7 - Theall
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 635 AM |
LOCATION:
8 miles southwest of Abbeville, LA |
PARISH:
Vermilion |
RATING: EF0 |
|
PATH LENGTH:
7
miles |
PATH WIDTH:
50
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
638 AM |
LEAD TIME:
0 to 6 minutes |
DAMAGE:
TORNADO BEGAN IN THE COMMUNITY OF THEALL AND MOVED EAST...CROSSING
HIGHWAY 82 AT THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 690. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED EAST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 690...WITH NUMEROUS TREES
BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH AND SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES
NOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST AND STRUCK THE GRAND ISLE
SHIPYARD NORTH OF THE BANCKER COMMUNITY...CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS...THEN LIFTED NEAR THE VERMILION RIVER. |
![Theall Tornado 1](051508/051508%20001.jpg) |
![Theall Tornado 2](051508/051508%20004.jpg) |
![Theall Tornado 3](051508/051508%20007.jpg) |
![Theall Tornado 4](051508/051508%20009.jpg) |
#8 - Oil Center Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 640 AM |
LOCATION: 1
mile south of Lafayette, LA |
PARISH: Lafayette |
RATING: EF1 |
|
PATH LENGTH: 1
mile |
PATH WIDTH: 100
yards |
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:
613 AM |
LEAD TIME:
27 minutes |
DAMAGE:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 640 AM IN AND AROUND THE OIL CENTER
REGION OF LAFAYETTE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND
DEBRIS FROM THE ROOFS KNOCKED OUT SOME WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR
ONE MILE BUT WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. |
![Oil Center Tornado 1](051508/P1000206.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 2](051508/P1000207.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 3](051508/P1000208.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 4](051508/P1000209.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 5](051508/P1000210.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 6](051508/P1000211.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 7](051508/P1000212.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 8](051508/P1000213.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 9](051508/P1000214.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 10](051508/P1000215.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 11](051508/P1000216.JPG) |
![Oil Center Tornado 12](051508/P1000218.JPG) |
#9 -
Breaux Bridge
Tornado |
DATE: 5/15/08 |
TIME: 645 AM |
LOCATION:
Breaux Bridge, LA |
PARISH:
St. Martin |
RATING: EF1 |
|
PATH LENGTH: 5
miles |
PATH WIDTH: 50
yards |
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED:
629 AM |
|
DAMAGE:
THIS TORNADO TOOK A HIGHLY UNUSUAL NORTH TO SOUTH PATH THEN TURNED
SOUTHEAST. TORNADO FORMED IN THE NORTHERN END OF A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX...ALSO KNOWN AS A BOOKEND VORTEX OR COMMA HEAD. THE TORNADO
BEGAN AT INTERSTATE 10 BEHIND WALMART...AND MOVED SOUTHWARD CAUSING
MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES IN A MOBILE HOME PARK EAST OF
HIGHWAY 328.
THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS HIGHWAY 328 AND DAMAGED SEVERAL
BUSINESSES...THEN CROSSED MILLS AVENUE (HIGHWAY 94) CAUSING SEVERE
DAMAGE TO A STATE FARM INSURANCE OFFICE. THE ROOF WAS PARTLY RIPPED
OFF...COLLAPSING THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING. AN AUTOZONE BUILDING
NEXT TO STATE FARM HAD MINOR ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. DEBRIS WAS ALSO
STREWN ACROSS MILLS AVENUE AND DAMAGED CARS AND BUILDINGS IN AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTH...CROSSING HIGHWAY
31...DAMAGING TREES AND CAUSING OCCASIONAL MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES IN
DOWNTOWN BREAUX BRIDGE.
THE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 31 AGAIN...WITH NUMEROUS
TREES BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED
EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HUVAL ROAD AND POYDRAS HIGHWAY. NEAR THE END
OF PATH...ONE HOME WAS KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION CAUSING A MINOR INJURY
TO ONE PERSON INSIDE.
IN TOTAL...3 HOMES AND 3 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED...4 OTHER HOMES AND 4
OTHER BUSINESSES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED...AND 33 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR
DAMAGE. |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20135.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20136.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20137.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20140.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20141.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20142.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20146.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20149.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20152.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20153.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20155.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20158.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20159.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20161.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20164.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20167.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20169.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20173.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20174.jpg) |
![Breaux Bridge Tornado](051508/051508%20176.jpg) |
![SPC Storm Reports for 5/14/08](051508/051408tn.png) |
![SPC Storm Reports for 5/15/08](051508/051508tn.png) |
REPORTS VALID FROM 7 AM CDT 5/14/08 TO 7 AM CDT 5/15/08 |
REPORTS VALID FROM 7 AM CDT 5/15/08 TO 7 AM CDT 5/16/08 |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM
REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
355 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY
LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY
LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0152 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 S SEA RIM STATE PARK
29.67N 94.05W
05/15/2008 M55.00 MPH GMZ450
TX BUOY
MEASURED WIND
GUST TO 48 KNOTS.
0218 AM TSTM WND GST 1 E SABINE
PASS 29.73N 93.87W
05/15/2008 M41.00 MPH GMZ450
LA BUOY
0230 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 E CHESTER
30.92N 94.54W
05/15/2008
TYLER
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
NEAR FM 1745. REPORTED BY TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF
OFFICE. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0310 AM TSTM WND DMG BROOKELAND
31.13N 93.99W
05/15/2008
JASPER
TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SCATTERED
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0400 AM TORNADO
3 SE BUNA
30.41N 93.93W
05/15/2008 F0
JASPER
TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EF0 TORNADO
BLEW A ROOF OFF A BARN AND DOWNED TREES ALONG
CAILLIER
LOOP. PATH LENGTH OF 1/4 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF
25 YARDS.
0415 AM TORNADO
7 WSW DERIDDER 30.81N
93.40W
05/15/2008 F1
BEAUREGARD LA NWS
STORM SURVEY
*** 2 INJ ***
EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PERSHING LOFTIN
ROAD AND
TRAVELED EAST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF SHEAR AND
ENDED NEAR
WILLIAMS ROAD. MAIN DAMAGE WAS TO TREES WITH
ONE BARN
HAVING PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE HOME ON PINE
RIDGE ROAD
LOSING NUMEROUS SHINGLES. NEAR THE END OF THE
PATH ON
WILLIE HARGROVE ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN
AND ONE TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED
WITH TWO
MINOR INJURIES. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH
WIDTH OF 50
YARDS.
0420 AM TSTM WND DMG STARKS
30.32N 93.66W
05/15/2008
CALCASIEU LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN IN STARKS. REPORTED BY
CALCASIEU
PARISH 911 CENTER.
0425 AM TORNADO
7 SSE DERIDDER 30.75N
93.25W
05/15/2008 F0
BEAUREGARD LA NWS
STORM SURVEY
EF0 TORNADO
BLEW DOWN AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES ALONG
HIGHWAY 171
SOUTH OF DERIDDER. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE
AND PATH
WIDTH OF 25 YARDS.
0429 AM TSTM WND DMG FLATWOODS
31.40N 92.87W
05/15/2008
RAPIDES LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND
POWER LINES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
PARISH.
0430 AM TSTM WND DMG SLAGLE
31.20N 93.13W
05/15/2008
VERNON
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH.
0435 AM TSTM WND DMG DEWEYVILLE
30.31N 93.76W
05/15/2008
NEWTON
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY NEWTON
COUNTY
SHERIFF OFFICE.
0441 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N
DEQUINCY
30.46N 93.44W
05/15/2008
CALCASIEU LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON
HIGHWAY 27 JUST NORTH OF DEQUINCY. REPORTED
BY DEQUINCY
PD.
0455 AM TSTM WND DMG SULPHUR
30.23N 93.36W
05/15/2008
CALCASIEU LA
NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.
0457 AM TSTM WND DMG W
ALEXANDRIA
31.29N 92.46W
05/15/2008
RAPIDES LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES
AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE
OF
ALEXANDRIA.
0500 AM TSTM WND DMG OAKDALE
30.82N 92.66W
05/15/2008
ALLEN
LA TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO TREES
BLOWN DOWN IN OAKDALE WITH POWER OUTAGES IN
TOWN.
0505 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MOSS
BLUFF 30.32N 93.23W
05/15/2008
CALCASIEU LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE BLOWN
DOWN AND CRUSHED A SERVICE TRAILER. REPORTED
BY KPLC-TV.
0510 AM TSTM WND DMG KINDER
30.49N 92.85W
05/15/2008
ALLEN
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES BLOWN
DOWN. REPORTED BY KPLC-TV.
0510 AM TSTM WND GST 6 S LAKE
CHARLES 30.12N 93.20W
05/15/2008 M52.00 MPH CALCASIEU
LA MESONET
MEASURED AT
LAKE CHARLES LSU AG CENTER.
0512 AM TSTM WND GST 7 S LAKE
CHARLES 30.11N 93.20W
05/15/2008 M50.00 MPH CALCASIEU
LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
50 MPH WIND
GUST MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
AIRPORT ASOS.
0520 AM TORNADO
4 SW GUEYDAN
29.99N 92.56W
05/15/2008 F0
VERMILION LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
EF0 TORNADO
CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BLEW DOWN
ONE BARN ON
RAOUL ROAD. PATH LENGTH 1/4 MILE. PATH WIDTH
25 YARDS.
0534 AM TSTM WND DMG DEVILLE
31.35N 92.16W
05/15/2008
RAPIDES LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME TREES
FALLING ON
HOMES.
0605 AM TSTM WND DMG CHURCH
POINT 30.40N
92.21W
05/15/2008
ACADIA
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
A SHED WAS
BLOWN INTO A HOUSE AND DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
KATC-TV.
0615 AM TSTM WND GST 13 S
RUTHERFORD BEACH 29.59N 93.15W
05/15/2008 E45.00 MPH GMZ452
LA PUBLIC
REPORTED BY
PLATFORM IN WEST CAMERON BLOCK 71.
0615 AM TORNADO
4 W MAURICE
30.11N 92.19W
05/15/2008 F0
VERMILION LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO
BEGAN SW OF HWY 92/HWY 343 INTERSECTION AND
MOVED
NORTHEAST. MOBILE HOME ON BLOCKS DESTROYED AND
HOUSE MOVED
OFF FOUNDATION NEAR START OF PATH. MINOR
DAMAGE TO
HOMES IN ADOLA SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL TREES AND
POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN. ONLY EF0 DAMAGE NOTED IN
VERMILION
PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LAFAYETTE
PARISH.
0618 AM TORNADO
7 SSW SCOTT
30.14N 92.14W
05/15/2008 F2
LAFAYETTE LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
THIS IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN WEST OF
MAURICE IN
VERMILION PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
WITH MINOR
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES NOTED. THE TORNADO
STRENGTHENED
AS IT APPROACHED HWY 724/BREAUX RD CAUSING
EF1/LOW-END
EF2 DAMAGE. ONE HOME HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETELY
BLOWN OFF
WITH OTHER HOMES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE
TORNADO
LIFTED 1 MILE WEST OF THE MALL OF ACADIANA AT 630
AM. TOTAL
PATH LENGTH 9 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS.
0625 AM TSTM WND DMG KAPLAN
30.00N 92.28W
05/15/2008
VERMILION LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
SEVERAL TREES
INCLUDING LARGE OAK TREES BLOWN DOWN IN AND
AROUND
KAPLAN.
0630 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S KAPLAN
29.99N 92.28W
05/15/2008
VERMILION LA
TRAINED SPOTTER
SIDING AND
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOME. WINDOWS BROKEN.
SPOTTER
MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH.
0632 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE KAPLAN
29.98N 92.26W
05/15/2008
VERMILION LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF BLOWN
OFF A HOME ON JUDGE DOUCET ROAD. REPORTED BY
VERMILION
PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 E KAPLAN
30.00N 92.25W
05/15/2008
VERMILION LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
BACKYARD
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BLOWN DOWN AT RESIDENCE IN
NUNEZ.
REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG
INTRACOASTAL CITY 29.78N 92.16W
05/15/2008
VERMILION LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
ROOF DAMAGE
OCCURRED TO A HOTEL IN INTRACOASTAL CITY.
REPORTED BY
VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW SCOTT
30.26N 92.11W
05/15/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER POLE
PULLED OUT OF GROUND NEAR INTERSECTION OF
INTERSTATE 10
AND HIGHWAY 724.
0635 AM TORNADO
8 SW ABBEVILLE 29.89N
92.22W
05/15/2008 F0
VERMILION LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
EF0 TORNADO
BEGAN IN THE THEALL COMMUNITY AND MOVED EAST
CROSSING THE
HWY 82/HWY 690 INTERSECTION. TORNADO THEN
MOVED EAST
ALONG HWY 690 AND STRUCK THE GRAND ISLE
SHIPYARD
NORTH OF THE BANCKER COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE BLOWN
DOWN AND DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH...WITH MINOR
DAMAGE TO
HOMES AND THE SHIPYARD. PATH LENGTH 7 MILES AND
PATH WIDTH OF
50 YARDS.
0635 AM TORNADO
4 SSW LAFAYETTE 30.16N 92.05W
05/15/2008 F0
LAFAYETTE LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
EF0 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY
PKWY/SETTLERS
TRACE BLVD INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE AND
MOVED
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BEAULLIEU PLACE AND RIVER
RANCH
SUBDIVISIONS. SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH
MINOR DAMAGE
TO SOME HOMES. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND
PATH WIDTH OF
25 YARDS.
0638 AM TSTM WND DMG LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
PARTS OF TIN
ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BUILDINGS.
0640 AM TORNADO
1 S LAFAYETTE 30.20N
92.03W
05/15/2008 F1
LAFAYETTE LA
NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 TORNADO
BEGAN SW OF COLLEGE RD/BENDEL RD INTERSECTION
AND MOVED
NORTHEAST ACROSS OIL CENTER AREA OF LAFAYETTE.
SEVERAL
BUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WITH DEBRIS
FROM ROOFS
KNOCKING OUT WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
TREES AND
POWER POLES WERE DOWNED WITH SOME TREES FALLING
ON CARS.
TORNADO LIFTED NE OF PINHOOK RD/UNIVERSITY AVE
INTERSECTION.
PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 100
YARDS.
0642 AM TSTM WND GST 2 SE
LAFAYETTE 30.19N 92.01W
05/15/2008 M51.00 MPH LAFAYETTE
LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
51 MPH WIND
GUST MEASURED AT LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT
ASOS.
0645 AM TORNADO
BREAUX BRIDGE 30.28N
91.90W
05/15/2008 F1
ST. MARTIN LA NWS
STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ ***
EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG I-10 NEAR THE
WALMART AND
MOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE CITY. SEVERAL HOMES
AND
BUSINESSES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ALONG HWY 328
AND HWY 94
WITH TREES DOWNED. TORNADO CROSSED HWY 31 AND
TURNED
SOUTHEAST WITH CONTINUED DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
TREES.
TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST AND AGAIN CROSSED HWY
31 WITH MORE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES. ONE MINOR INJURY
OCCURRED WHEN
HOME SHIFTED OFF FOUNDATION NEAR END OF
PATH ALONG
HUVAL RD. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH
WIDTH OF 50
YARDS.
0653 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008 E55.00 MPH LAFAYETTE
LA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL
SPOTTERS REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH IN
LAFAYETTE.
0700 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE
LOREAUVILLE 30.05N 91.73W
05/15/2008
IBERIA
LA NEWSPAPER
TREE DOWN ON
HOME. REPORTED BY DAILY IBERIAN.
0705 AM TSTM WND GST BREAUX
BRIDGE 30.28N 91.90W
05/15/2008 E65.00 MPH ST. MARTIN
LA TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED
SPOTTER REPORTS WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH ON
INTERSTATE
10.
0714 AM FLOOD
LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED
SPOTTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN
LAFAYETTE.
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN
29.80N 91.51W
05/15/2008
ST. MARY LA
NEWSPAPER
TREE DOWN ON
HOME. REPORTED BY MORGAN CITY DAILY REVIEW.
0741 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 13 S PATTERSON
29.51N 91.33W
05/15/2008 M45.00 MPH ST. MARY
LA ASOS
REPORTED FROM
ASOS SITE P92.
0745 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 15 S BURNS POINT
29.36N 91.50W
05/15/2008 E55.00 MPH GMZ455
LA PUBLIC
PLATFORM IN
EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 18 REPORTS WINDS 50-60
MPH...ENOUGH
TO SCOUR RUST OFF HELIPAD.
0800 AM TSTM WND DMG MORGAN CITY
29.70N 91.19W
05/15/2008
ST. MARY LA
NEWSPAPER
TREE FELL ON
CAR CRUSHING FRONT END OF VEHICLE. REPORTED
BY MORGAN
CITY DAILY REVIEW.
0800 AM FLOOD
LAKE CHARLES
30.21N 93.20W
05/15/2008
CALCASIEU LA
NWS EMPLOYEE
SOME STREET
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN LAKE CHARLES.
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