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Tornadoes & other severe weather
of
February 21, 2008 |
A very busy month for severe weather continued across Southeast Texas and
Southwest Louisiana as severe thunderstorms impacted the region again on February
21st. One long-track supercell developed near Sabine Pass, TX and moved
northeastward across Cameron, Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Allen, Evangeline, St.
Landry, and Avoyelles Parishes for several hours. 4 tornadoes, several
funnel clouds, large hail, and flooding were all produced by this single
thunderstorm. Other severe thunderstorms dropped large hail and brought
damaging winds to parts of the area as well.
EF0
Tornado northwest of Hackberry, Louisiana
Date: February 21, 2008
Time: 151 pm
Location: 6 miles north of Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Path Length: brief
Path Width: narrow
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EF0
Tornado near Carlyss, Louisiana
Date: February 21, 2008
Time: 218 pm
Location: 3 miles south-southwest of Carlyss, LA
Path Length: brief
Path Width: narrow
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EF0
Tornado near Morrow, Louisiana
Date: February 21, 2008
Time: 522 pm
Location: 1 mile east of Morrow, LA
Path Length: 1/2 mile
Path Width: 50 yards
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Tin roofing material
from a barn was blown across fields |
A house had parts of its tin roof blown off and patio collapsed |
Several trees were
snapped or blown down just east of Morrow |
EF0 Tornado in
Bodoc, Louisiana
Date: February 21, 2008
Time: 535 pm
Location: Bodoc, LA
Path Length: 1/2 mile
Path Width: 50 yards
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A large tree fell onto
a carport destroying it |
A shed was destroyed
and blown across a road |
A large tree snapped and damaged a fence |
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PRELIMINARY
LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
508 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT...
...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG....
..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM MARINE TSTM WIND
59 SSE PECAN ISLAND
28.85N 92.10W
02/21/2008 M52.00 MPH
GMZ475
XX PUBLIC
REPORTED BY
PLATFORM IN SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 27.
1205 AM MARINE TSTM WIND
51 S ROCKEFELLER WILDLI 28.94N 92.75W
02/21/2008 E40.00 MPH
GMZ472
XX PUBLIC
REPORTED BY
PLATFORM IN EAST CAMERON BLOCK 160.
0240 AM MARINE TSTM WIND
39 SSW BURNS POINT
29.10N 91.87W
02/21/2008 M46.00 MPH
GMZ455
LA PUBLIC
PEAK WIND
GUST OF 40 KNOTS MEASURED AT PLATFORM SOUTH
MARSH ISLAND
268.
0410 AM MARINE TSTM WIND
25 S BURNS POINT
29.21N 91.60W
02/21/2008 E50.00 MPH
GMZ455
LA PUBLIC
REPORTED BY
PLATFORM EUGENE ISLAND 53.
1100 AM FLOOD
3 NNE PINEVILLE
31.37N 92.40W
02/21/2008
RAPIDES
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS
REPORTED TO BE UNDERWATER. ESLER FIELD ASOS
RECORDED OVER
4 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
0151 PM TORNADO
6 N SABINE NATIONAL WIL 29.99N 93.57W
02/21/2008 F0
CAMERON
LA PUBLIC
BRIEF TORNADO
VIEWED BY PUBLIC FROM HACKBERRY. RATED EF0
DUE TO NO
DAMAGE.
0218 PM TORNADO
3 SSW CARLYSS
30.14N 93.39W
02/21/2008 F0
CALCASIEU
LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC
REPORTED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTH OF
CARLYSS.
RATED EF0 DUE
TO NO DAMAGE.
0300 PM FUNNEL CLOUD
1 N LAKE CHARLES
30.23N 93.20W
02/21/2008
CALCASIEU
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD
AT THE INTERSECTION OF KIRKMAN AND 12TH
STREETS.
REPORTED TO CALCASIEU 911 AT 300 PM.
0308 PM FLOOD
WESTLAKE
30.25N 93.26W
02/21/2008
CALCASIEU
LA NWS EMPLOYEE
SIGNIFICANT
URBAN FLOODING IN WEST LAKE. WITH ABOUT 2
FEET OF WATER
ON THE ROAD.
0308 PM FLOOD
LAKE CHARLES
30.21N 93.20W
02/21/2008
CALCASIEU
LA NWS EMPLOYEE
URBAN
FLOODING REPORTED ON LAKE STREET OF ABOUT ONE
FOOT
DEEP.
0345 PM HAIL
KINDER
30.49N 92.85W
02/21/2008 E1.75 INCH
ALLEN
LA BROADCAST MEDIA
GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR KINDER BY KLFY-TV. TIME
AND LOCATION
ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
0405 PM HAIL
WOODWORTH
31.15N 92.50W
02/21/2008 E0.50 INCH
RAPIDES
LA PUBLIC
0407 PM HAIL
WOODWORTH
31.15N 92.50W
02/21/2008 E0.75 INCH
RAPIDES
LA PUBLIC
0420 PM FUNNEL CLOUD
BASILE
30.50N 92.60W
02/21/2008
EVANGELINE
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY
SHERIFF OFFICE
0522 PM TORNADO
2 W BIG CANE
30.82N 92.05W
02/21/2008 F0
ST. LANDRY
LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM
SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE FROM EF0 TORNADO ONE MILE
EAST OF
MORROW ALONG HIGHWAY 107. TIN ROOFS BLOWN OFF
BARN AND
HOUSE WITH TIN BLOWN THROUGHOUT FIELDS. SEVERAL
TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF. PATH LENGTH 1/2
MILE WITH
PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG
BIG CANE
30.82N 92.01W
02/21/2008
ST. LANDRY
LA PUBLIC
ONE TO TWO
INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN
0535 PM TORNADO
2 WSW DUPONT
30.92N 91.98W
02/21/2008 F0
AVOYELLES
LA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM
SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE FROM EF0 TORNADO IN BODOC
AT HIGHWAY
1179/1180 INTERSECTION. SEVERAL TREES WERE
SNAPPED OFF
OR UPROOTED WITH SOME FALLING ON HOUSES. ONE
TREE FELL
ONTO AND DESTROYED A CARPORT. A TIN METAL SHED
WAS ALSO
DESTROYED. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND PATH
WIDTH OF 50
YARDS.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG
1 N PICKERING
31.05N 93.27W
02/21/2008
VERNON
LA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN
ACROSS ROAD JUST OFF LAKE CHARLES HWY.
0752 PM HAIL
SIMMESPORT
30.98N 91.81W
02/21/2008 E0.88 INCH
AVOYELLES
LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT REPORTED PINBALL SIZE HAIL.
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