KLCH [230911]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS54 KLCH 230911
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
411 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2009

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0920 AM FLASH FLOOD BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA

KBMT REPORTS 3 CARS FLOODED UP TO THE WINDOWS OF CAR
DOORS ON EAST TEX FREEWAY AND LUCAS ST.

0930 AM FLASH FLOOD BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA

KFDM-TV REPORTED 15 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM CARS
STRANDED IN FLOODWATERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.

1000 AM FLASH FLOOD PORT ARTHUR 29.90N 93.93W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX NEWSPAPER

PORT ARTHUR NEWS REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS INCLUDING NINTH
STREET IN PORT ARTHUR WERE FLOODED

1025 AM WATER SPOUT 5 SSW GRAND CHENIER 29.70N 93.01W
10/22/2009 GMZ452 LA PUBLIC

OIL RIG LOCATED TWO MILES OFF THE COAST SOUTH OF GRAND
CHENIER REPORTED SIGHTING OF TWO WATERSPOUTS.

1035 AM TORNADO GRAND CHENIER 29.77N 92.97W
10/22/2009 CAMERON LA LAW ENFORCEMENT

CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR GRAND CHENIER

1040 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
10/22/2009 CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER

STORM SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING ALONG GRANGER AND RYAN
STREETS.

1057 AM HAIL 7 ENE GRAND LAKE 30.08N 93.17W
10/22/2009 E0.50 INCH CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER

1057 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 ENE FANNETT 29.96N 94.17W
10/22/2009 E4.29 INCH JEFFERSON TX MESONET

HEAVY RAINS OF 4.29 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT 3 HOURS REPORTED
BY DD6 MESONET

1057 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 W WOODVILLE 30.75N 94.59W
10/22/2009 TYLER TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

TXDOT REPORTS FM 1745 IS FLOODED NEAR THE TYLER/POLK
COUNTY LINE.

1205 PM TORNADO 3 W LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.72W
10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA BROADCAST MEDIA

EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 AND MOVED
NORTHWARD THROUGH RURAL AREAS BEFORE ENDING 5 MILES SSE
OF ROANOKE. SEVERAL POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE
DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 380 AND LYONS ROAD. NUMEROUS
EYEWITNESSES WATCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE TORNADO. TOTAL
PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

1222 PM TORNADO 3 WSW JENNINGS 30.21N 92.71W
10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS STORM SURVEY

*** 1 INJ *** A LARGE MULTIVORTEX TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF
HWY 90 WEST OF JENNINGS AND MOVED NORTHWARD BEFORE ENDING
ALONG HWY 395 SOUTHWEST OF ELTON. THE TORNADO WAS UP TO
ONE HALF MILE WIDE EARLY IN THE PATH BEFORE NARROWING
NORTH OF I-10. A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WAS BLOWN INTO THE
MEDIAN OF I-10 INJURING THE DRIVER. NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALL ALONG THE PATH WITH
SEVERAL HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE.
TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 16 MILES WITH A MAX PATH WIDTH OF
1/2 MILE.

1247 PM TORNADO 3 S ELTON 30.43N 92.70W
10/22/2009 F0 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS STORM SURVEY

ANOTHER LARGE HIGH END EF0 TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF DAN
BULLER ROAD AND MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH ELTON. TREES AND
A BARN WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED ON DAN BULLER ROAD. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED ACROSS ELTON NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER
LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO 15 HOMES. THE WORST
DAMAGE OCCURRED NORTH OF HWY 190 BETWEEN WASHINGTON
STREET AND LANGLEY ROAD. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NORTH OF
ELTON ALONG BULLER ROAD. TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES
WITH A MAX PATH WIDTH OF 1/2 MILE.

0100 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE ARTHUR 30.08N 92.68W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS EMPLOYEE

SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN LAKE ARTHUR WITH POWER OUT TO
ENTIRE TOWN.

0130 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 S ROANOKE 30.16N 92.75W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON DAVIS LA NWS EMPLOYEE

NWS EMPLOYEE DOING STORM SURVEY OBSERVED NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADS BETWEEN ROANOKE AND LAKE ARTHUR.

0200 PM TSTM WND DMG ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
10/22/2009 RAPIDES LA EMERGENCY MNGR

EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN THROUGHOUT RAPIDES PARISH.

0310 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 37 SSW BURNS POINT 29.12N 91.87W
10/22/2009 M55.00 MPH GMZ455 LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS

SAWRS OBSERVATION OF SUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH WITH GUST TO
55 MPH.

0401 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNW ALEXANDRIA 31.32N 92.48W
10/22/2009 RAPIDES LA BROADCAST MEDIA

SOME UNDERPASSES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE SIGNIFICANTLY
FLOODED.

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SHAMBURGER

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