Tornado Damage Report

Author: Meteorologist Joe Haynes, jhaynes@ktbs.com
Published On: Jan 13 2013 11:22:43 PM CST   Updated On: Feb 21 2013 10:30:44 PM CST
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SHREVEPORT, La. -

The Shreveport National Weather Service has concluded that sixteen tornadoes occurred in east Texas and southwest Arkansas Monday evening.  The following is the preliminary damage report:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
515 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEYS UNDERWAY FOR STORMS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY 
FEBRUARY 18, 2013...

SUPERCELL STORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY PRODUCED 
SEVERAL TORNADOES. BELOW IS A PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE STORMS THAT 
HAVE BEEN SURVEYED THUS FAR. 
 
.TORNADO #1: MANSFIELD LA 8 S...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   10 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             2:38 PM
START LOCATION:         8 MILES S OF MANSFIELD
START LAT/LON:          31.9255/-93.6850

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               2:42 PM
END LOCATION:           7 MILES SSE OF MANSFIELD
END LAT/LON:            31.9399/-93.6548

SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED ALONG HUDSON DARBY RD. AND HWY
513.  

.TORNADO #2: GARLAND AR 4 SW...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  40 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             3:30 PM
START LOCATION:         4 MILES SW OF GARLAND
START LAT/LON:          33.3151/-93.7549

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               3:30 PM
END LOCATION:           4 MILES SW OF GARLAND
END LAT/LON:            33.3151/-93.7549

A VERY BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN CAUSED SEVERAL SNAPPED HARD 
WOOD BRANCHES WITH ONE SMALL HARD WOOD TREE SNAPPED ALONG
HWY 134. 

.TORNADO #3: KILGORE TX 7 SE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   30 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:09 PM
START LOCATION:         7 MILES SE OF KILGORE
START LAT/LON:          32.2576/-94.2339

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:10 PM
END LOCATION:           7 MILES SE OF KILGORE
END LAT/LON:            32.3038/-94.4048

SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES AND A HARDWOOD TREE WERE SNAPPED ALONG
COUNTY ROADS 281 AND 283.

.TORNADO #4: KILGORE TX 9 ESE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH:            30 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:18 PM
START LOCATION:         9 MILES ESE OF KILGORE
START LAT/LON:          32.3190/-94.7338

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:18 PM
END LOCATION:           9 MILES ESE OF KILGORE
END LAT/LON:            32.3190/-94.7338

A BRIEF TOUCH-DOWN SNAPPED THE TOPS OUT OF SEVERAL PINE TREES
ALONG HWY 322 NEAR BARNES CREEK. 

.TORNADO #5: TATUM TX 9 W...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   30 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:27 PM
START LOCATION:         9 MILES W OF TATUM
START LAT/LON:          32.3047/-94.6639

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:31 PM
END LOCATION:           7 MILES W OF TATUM
END LAT/LON:            32.3059/-94.6374

A PINE TREE WAS UPROOTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL TOPS OF PINE TREES SNAPPED 
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 2126 AND FM 782.

.TORNADO #6: NEW SUMMERFIELD TX 11 ENE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.15 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   0.15 MILES
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:27 PM
START LOCATION:         11 MILES ENE OF NEW SUMMERFIELD
START LAT/LON:          32.0183/-94.9210

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:29 PM
END LOCATION:           11 MILES NNE OF REKLAW 
END LAT/LON:            32.0128/-94.9010

SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AND LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED ALONG FM 1798
AND FM 839 NEAR CAT CREEK. 

.TORNADO #7: MOUNT ENTERPRISE TX 6 NW...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   60 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:48 PM
START LOCATION:         6 MILES NW OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE
START LAT/LON:          31.9662/-94.7597

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:51 PM
END LOCATION:           4 MILES NW OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE 
END LAT/LON:            31.9509/-94.7313

A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED AND A ROOF TORN OFF OF A METAL BARN 
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3168, IN ADDITION TO SNAPPED TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3156.

.TORNADO #8: BECKVILLE TX 4 NNE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             5:57 PM
START LOCATION:         4 MILES NNE OF BECKVILLE
START LAT/LON:          32.2991/-94.4192

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               5:59 PM
END LOCATION:           5 MILES NE OF BECKVILLE 
END LAT/LON:            32.3025/-94.3991

NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG FM 1794.
SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE FUNNEL WERE CAPTURED.

.TORNADO #9: MOUNT ENTERPRISE TX 4 NNE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  20 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   10 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:01 PM
START LOCATION:         4 MILES NNE OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE
START LAT/LON:          31.9619/-94.6630

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:01 PM
END LOCATION:           4 MILES NNE OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE 
END LAT/LON:            31.9618/-94.6629

A BRIEF TOUCH-DOWN SNAPPED LARGE HARDWOOD BRANCHES ALONG HWY 315.

.TORNADO #10: CARTHAGE TX 9 N...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   30 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:05 PM
START LOCATION:         9 MILES N OF CARTHAGE
START LAT/LON:          32.2831/-94.3466

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:07 PM
END LOCATION:           9 MILES N OF CARTHAGE
END LAT/LON:            32.2847/-94.3328

NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG FM 1794
JUST SOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER. 

.TORNADO #11: MOUNT ENTERPRISE TX 5 ENE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  50 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:12 PM
START LOCATION:         5 MILES ENE OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE
START LAT/LON:          31.9279/-94.5935

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:12 PM
END LOCATION:           5 MILES ENE OF MOUNT ENTERPRISE 
END LAT/LON:            31.9279/-94.5933

SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AND AN ABOVE-GROUND SWIMMING POOL WAS
WRAPPED AROUND A TREE ALONG FM 95.

.TORNADO #12: CARTHAGE TX 10 NNE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  20 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   10 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:13 PM
START LOCATION:         10 MILES NNE OF CARTHAGE
START LAT/LON:          32.2893/-94.2826

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:13 PM
END LOCATION:           10 MILES NNE OF CARTHAGE
END LAT/LON:            32.2894/-94.2825

A BRIEF TOUCH-DOWN SNAPPED A SMALL HARDWOOD TREE ALONG COUNTY ROAD
307. 

.TORNADO #13: CARTHAGE TX 9 NE...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  30 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:19 PM
START LOCATION:         9 MILES NE OF CARTHAGE
START LAT/LON:          32.2578/-94.2343

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:19 PM
END LOCATION:           9 MILES NE OF CARTHAGE
END LAT/LON:            32.2577/-94.2342

TWO PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG FM 31 NEAR THE COUNTY ROAD 316
INTERSECTION. 

.TORNADO #14: GARRISON TX 7 NNW...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  50 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:19 PM
START LOCATION:         7 MILES NNW OF GARRISON
START LAT/LON:          31.9243/-94.5265

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:19 PM
END LOCATION:           7 MILES NNW OF GARRISON
END LAT/LON:            32.9244/-94.5257

THE ROOF OF A METAL BUILDING WAS PARTIALLY PEELED BACK, THE ROOF ON 
A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED, AND A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG US HWY 
84 IN THE COMMUNITY OF CALEDONIA.

.TORNADO #15: BELCHER LA 3 SW...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  115 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   25 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:01 PM
START LOCATION:         3 MILES SW OF BELCHER
START LAT/LON:          32.7369/-93.8867

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:01 PM
END LOCATION:           3 MILES SW OF BELCHER
END LAT/LON:            32.7370/-93.8855

A VERY BRIEF TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL HARD WOOD BRANCHES
ALONG GAMM RD. 

.TORNADO #16: BELCHER LA 2 S...

RATING:                 EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  40 YARDS
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   20 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             02/18/2013 
START TIME:             6:08 PM
START LOCATION:         2 MILES S OF BELCHER
START LAT/LON:          32.7200/-93.8347

END DATE:               02/18/2013
END TIME:               6:08 PM
END LOCATION:           2 MILES S OF BELCHER
END LAT/LON:            32.7201/-93.8343

A VERY BRIEF TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL HARD WOOD BRANCHES
ALONG DIXIE/SHREVEPORT RD.


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EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE 
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

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