We experienced widespread severe weather on Saturday. The National Weather Service in Lake Charles confirmed one tornado, moving from Cameron Parish into Vermilion Parish. The thunderstorm rolling thru Lafayette was the worst I’ve experienced in years! I snapped the picture above of a downed queen palm, which is pretty impressive considering how fibrous the trunk is on those trees. Below is a list of storm reports via the NWS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
725 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
.TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON
.DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0853 AM TORNADO 1 SW KLONDIKE 30.02N 92.64W
02/18/2012 F0 CAMERON LA NWS STORM SURVEY
A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 14 AND 717 NEAR
KLONDIKE…RIPPED PART OF A METAL ROOF OFF A
BARN…SNAPPED A COUPLE OF TELEPHONE POLES AND TREES.
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 2.5 MILES AND WAS 20
YARDS WIDE. IT MOVED INTO VERMILION PARISH ALONG MIE ROAD
AND ZWAN ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED A COUPLE OF TREES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
501 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
.TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON
.DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1015 AM TSTM WND DMG PARKS 30.22N 91.83W
02/18/2012 ST. MARTIN LA NWS STORM SURVEY
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. SMALL METAL STORAGE SHEDS
DISPLACED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
223 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
.TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON
.DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0641 AM HAIL FORT POLK 31.05N 93.21W
02/18/2012 E0.25 INCH VERNON LA OTHER FEDERAL
WEATHER OBSERVER AT FORT POLK REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL.
0745 AM TSTM WND DMG SULPHUR 30.23N 93.36W
02/18/2012 CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE REPORTED ACROSS BEGLIS PARKWAY IN SULPHUR.
0750 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 N SULPHUR 30.27N 93.36W
02/18/2012 CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
0800 AM TSTM WND GST 10 E GRAND LAKE 30.03N 93.10W
02/18/2012 E60.00 MPH CAMERON LA NWS EMPLOYEE
0804 AM TSTM WND GST 4 WNW GRAND LAKE 30.05N 93.33W
02/18/2012 M63.00 MPH CAMERON LA SHIP
0805 AM TSTM WND GST 10 E GRAND LAKE 30.03N 93.10W
02/18/2012 E0.00 MPH CAMERON LA NWS EMPLOYEE
0855 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 20 S JOHNSON BAYOU 29.48N 93.62W
02/18/2012 M35.00 MPH GMZ450 LA AWOS
WIND GUST TO 35 MPH AT SABINE 13 OIL PLATFORM
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG JENNINGS 30.22N 92.66W
02/18/2012 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON SHANNON DRIVE AND POWER
LINES WERE DOWNED.
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG JENNINGS 30.22N 92.66W
02/18/2012 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN FROM IH10 ALONG LA HWY 26 TO
ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF IH10
0910 AM TSTM WND DMG LYONS POINT 30.09N 92.38W
02/18/2012 ACADIA LA PUBLIC
POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
0915 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 21 SW ROCKEFELLER WILDL 29.45N 92.98W
02/18/2012 M41.00 MPH GMZ452 LA AWOS
41 MPH WIND REPORTED AT KCNB
0915 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 21 SW ROCKEFELLER WILDL 29.45N 92.98W
02/18/2012 M41.00 MPH GMZ452 LA AWOS
WIND GUST OF 41 MPH REPORTED AT KCNB
0915 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 21 SW ROCKEFELLER WILDL 29.45N 92.98W
02/18/2012 M0.00 MPH GMZ452 LA AWOS
36 KNOTS MEASURED AT AWOS SITE KCNB
0930 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
02/18/2012 E75.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA BROADCAST MEDIA
KATC ESTIMATED 75 MPH WIND GUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
LAFAYETTE WITH THE BOW ECHO.
0930 AM TORNADO 2 ESE RAYNE 30.23N 92.23W
02/18/2012 ACADIA LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED FLOOR SHAKING AND FREIGHT TRAIN SOUND
0930 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
02/18/2012 E75.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA BROADCAST MEDIA
KATC REPORT OF ESTIMATED 75 MPH WIND GUST ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF LAFAYETTE WITH THE BOW ECHO.
0933 AM FUNNEL CLOUD DUSON 30.23N 92.19W
02/18/2012 LAFAYETTE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0935 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 NE MAURICE 30.13N 92.10W
02/18/2012 LAFAYETTE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE TROOP I SIGHTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2
MILES NORTHEAST OF MAURICE.
0936 AM FUNNEL CLOUD LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
02/18/2012 LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN AMBASSADOR CAFFREY
BOULEVARD AND IH 10.
0943 AM HAIL BREAUX BRIDGE 30.28N 91.90W
02/18/2012 E1.00 INCH ST. MARTIN LA PUBLIC
0945 AM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
02/18/2012 E60.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG AMBASSADOR
CAFFREY BOULEVARD
0945 AM HAIL 2 E LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.00W
02/18/2012 E0.25 INCH LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC
PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAFAYETTE
REGIONAL AIRPORT
0951 AM HAIL 6 ENE FORKED ISLAND 29.88N 92.22W
02/18/2012 E0.88 INCH VERMILION LA PUBLIC
NICKEL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED FOR 3 MINUTES.
1030 AM HAIL JEANERETTE 29.92N 91.68W
02/18/2012 E0.25 INCH IBERIA LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AT 611 LANDRY ST.
1056 AM FLOOD YOUNGSVILLE 30.10N 91.99W
02/18/2012 LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC
1113 AM FLOOD ST. MARTINVILLE 30.12N 91.83W
02/18/2012 ST. MARTIN LA PUBLIC
1204 PM FLOOD 5 SSW LAKE CHARLES 30.14N 93.23W
02/18/2012 CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE VIEWED FLOODING IN TRAILER PARK WITH DEPTH
BETWEEN 1 TO 2 FEET.