Storm Survery from the 12/23/14 Amite, Louisiana EF-2 Tornado with 115mph winds: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 304 PM CST WED DEC 24 2014 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/23/2014 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW...NWS STORM SURVEY TEAMS FOUND A TORNADO PATH IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH. IN ADDITION...VERY SPORADIC MINOR TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED NORTHEAST OF THE TORNADO TRACK IN TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES FROM THE MESOCYCLONE CIRCULATION. .TORNADO 1... RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 111-115 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.63 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: DEC_23_2014 START TIME: 0119_PM_CST START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES EAST OF AMITE_/_TANGIPAHOA PARISH_/_LA START LAT/LON: 39.7289_/_-90.4799 END DATE: DEC_23_2014 END TIME: 0128_PM_CST END LOCATION: 6 MILES ENE OF AMITE_/_TANGIPAHOA PARISH_/_LA END LAT/LON: 30.7621_/_-90.4123 SURVEY_SUMMARY: SURVEY TEAM FOUND MOSTLY EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE LOW END OF EF-2. DAMAGE BEGAN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 16 NEAR HIGHWAY 1054. NEAR THIS LOCATION...NUMEROUS TREES WERE LAID DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF WITH SOME ORIENTED TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOME TO THE SOUTHEAST. A FEW HOMES ALSO SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. ON LEANDER LANE...3 TO 4 HOMES HAD VARYING ROOF DAMAGE WITH 1 WELL-BUILT HOME WITH MORE THAN HALF ITS ROOF PULLED OFF AND A WALL COLLAPSED IN. AN UNANCHORED 12X24 SHED WAS SLID OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND ANOTHER OUTBUILDING WAS DESTORYED. TWO TRAVEL TRAILERS WERE MOVED 50 YARDS AND DESTROYED. FARTHER NORTHEAST ON EASTWOOD ROAD...PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED NEAR KATHERINE HOLTON ROAD AND CHAPPEPEELA RIDGE ROAD ALONG WITH A WELL-BUILT HOME HAVING PART OF ITS SECOND STORY ROOF PULLED OFF AND A WALL COLLAPSED. THE TORNADO ENDED SHORTLY AFTER THIS LOCATION NEAR ROLLING PINE ROAD. VERY SPORADIC AND MINOR TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST IN TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES...LIKELY FROM THE MESOSCYLONE. THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT FROM A TORNADO. 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. $$ ANSORGE/REVITTE/HILL/GRAHAM
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:06:11 +0000
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