...SEVERAL STORM SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED CONCERNING STORMS

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
840 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...SEVERAL STORM SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED CONCERNING STORMS
WHICH OCCURRED APRIL 25 AND APRIL 26...

THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD BEGINNING MONDAY
MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE NOTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE
TORNADO WARNINGS ISSUED...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO BEGIN
COMPLETING THE NECESSARY STORM DAMAGE SURVEYS ACROSS THE REGION.
AS SURVEYS ARE COMPLETED...TORNADOES WILL BE PLACED IN
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. DAMAGE SURVEYED WHICH IS DETERMINED TO BE NON
TORNADIC WILL BE PLACED AT THE END.

1. TATUM, TX
RATING: EF1
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 6:35 PM THROUGH 6:54 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 100 YDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THEIR BASE AND HAD LARGE LIMBS BROKEN
OFF WITH THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN ALONG CR 2138 SOUTHWEST OF TATUM.
IT CONTINUED ALONG A NORTHEAST PATH WHERE IT DESTROYED A STORAGE
OUTBUILDING AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM
2187 AND HWY 149. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE IT
UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES AND RIPPED OFF THE TOPS OF SEVERAL MORE
ALONG CR 2216 AND CR 2221. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST
WHERE NUMEROUS TREE DAMAGE ALONG A PARALLEL PATH WITH HENDRICKS
LAKE ROAD WAS NOTED. THE TORNADO THEN BRIEFLY CROSSED INTO PANOLA
AND HARRISON COUNTIES KNOCKING OVER A FEW TREES ALONG HWY 43,
WHERE THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 13.8 MILES AND
MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 80-85 MPH.

2. 4 MILES SSE OF MARSHALL, TX
RATING: EF2
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 7:04 PM THROUGH 7:14 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 400 YDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THEIR BASE AND HAD LARGE LIMBS BROKEN
OFF WITH THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN ALONG FM 2625 JUST WEST OF HWY
59. THE TORNADO PARALLELED FM 2625 CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE
UNTIL IT REACHED THE INTERSECTION OF FM 2625 AND TAYLOR ROAD. THE
TORNADO STRENGTHENED RAPIDLY IN A SHORT TIME FRAME, CAUSING EF2
DAMAGE TO TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND EF1 DAMAGE TO A THIRD. ONE
HOUSE COMPLETELY LOST ITS ROOF WHILE ANOTHER HAD AN ENTIRE ROOM
DESTROYED. THE THIRD HOME HAD ITS METAL ROOF PEELED OFF WHILE
SUSTAINING PARTIAL WALL FAILURE. NUMEROUS TREES IN THE VICINITY OF
THE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY TOPPLED OR HAD THEIR TOPS SHEARED OFF.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE IT INTERSECTED
BLOCKER ROAD NEAR FM 2625 SNAPPING AND UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST DISSIPATING OVER A LOGGING
ROAD A MILE TO THE EAST OF BLOCKER RD. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5.5
MILES AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 120-125 MPH.

3. JONESVILLE, TX
RATING: EF0
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 7:24 PM THROUGH 7:34 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 70 YDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED WITH THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN ALONG AND JUST
NORTH I-20, NEAR THE HWY 80 EXIT JUST WEST OF WASKOM. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST CAUSING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE ALONG BELLVIEW
ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE IT TOPPLED
SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND KNOCKED DOWN LARGE LIMBS ALONG CONCORD
ROAD BETWEEN FM 134 AND OWEN GEORGE ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST WHERE IT TOOK THE TOPS OFF OF A FEW TREES ALONG OWEN
GEORGE ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST KNOCKING OVER A FEW
TREES ALONG FM 9, WHERE IT FINALLY DISSIPATED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS
5.94 MILES AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70-75 MPH.

4. BENTON, LA
RATING: EF0
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 7:34 PM THROUGH 7:39 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE TOPPLED AND A FEW LARGE LIMBS WERE BROKEN
OFF TREES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MAGNOLIA CHASE SUBDIVISION ALONG
BENTON ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BENTON. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WHERE IT BROKE OFF LARGE LIMBS ON
A FEW TREES ALONG BENTON ROAD NEAR JACOBS TRAIL. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE IT SNAPPED A TREE AT ITS BASE AND
KNOCKED DOWN A FEW LARGE LIMBS ALONG PALMETTO ROAD SOUTH OF THE
CITY OF BENTON. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE IT TOPPLED A
LARGE TREE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LARKIN STREET AND PALMETTO
ROAD AND FINALLY DISSIPATED. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 3.57 MILES AND MAXIMUM
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70-75 MPH.

5. KEACHI...FRIERSON, LA
RATING: EF2
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 7:46 PM THROUGH 8:39 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 0.5 MILES
INJURIES: 2
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN PANOLA COUNTY
TEXAS...DESOTO...CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES IN LOUISIANA AND
TRACKED A LONG TRACK TORNADO. MOST OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH
CONSISTED OF EF0 TO EF1 TYPE DAMAGE. A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR KEACHI...LONGSTREET
AND FRIERSON EXHIBITED LOW END EF2 DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS
CONSISTENTLY ON THE GROUND FOR A CONTINUOUS 42 MILES. TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND AS MANY AS 3 DOZEN HOMES SUSTAINED
MINOR DAMAGE WITH A FEW MODERATELY DAMAGED HOMES WHERE CARPORTS
WERE PEELED BACK OR TREES FELL ON THEM. SEVERAL BARNS WERE KNOCKED
OVER OR DESTROYED AS WELL. THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS LOCATED IN THE
COMMUNITY OF FRIERSON WHERE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED AND
THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS WIDEST POINT. OTHER DAMAGE ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK IS RELATED TO REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM
EASTERN PANOLA COUNTY NEAR FM 3359 NORTHEAST INTO DESOTO PARISH
ACROSS BELLE BOWER TEXAS LINE ROAD...STATE ROUTE 3015 WHERE TREES
WERE SNAPPED OFF 4 TO 6 FEET OFF THE GROUND AND 2 TANKS FROM A GAS
WELL WERE OVERTURNED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING
STATE ROUTE 5 BETWEEN KEACHI AND LONGSTREET?THEN CROSSED SMYRNA
ROAD KNOCKING OVER TREES ONTO AND AROUND HOMES. THE TORNADO
CROSSED HWY 171 SOUTH OF THE HWY 5 AND 171 INTERSECTION AND
FOLLOWED ALONG JESSIE LATTIN WHERE A SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED
AND BARNS DESTROYED. THE STORM CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING I49
WHERE RED BLUFF ROAD CROSSES UNDER. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED AND
INCREASED IN COVERAGE AS THE STORM MOVED INTO FRIERSON. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING THE INTERSECTION OF ELLERBE
ROAD AND HWY 1 WHERE SEVERAL PECAN TREES WERE SNAPPED THEN ACROSS
THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER PARISH AND ACROSS ATKINS CLARK ROAD
WHERE A MOBILE TRAILER WAS FLIPPED AT A GAS WELL INJURING THE
OCCUPANTS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING HWY 154 AND
157 INTERSECTION DAMAGING TREES AND POWERLINES BEFORE WEAKENING
AND LIFTING NEAR LAKE BISTENEAU. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT
110 - 115 MPH.

6. DUBBERLY, LA
RATING: EF1
DATE: ARPIL 26 2011
TIME: 8:54 PM THROUGH 8:57 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 150 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN WEBSTER
PARISH LA NEAR DUBBERLY AND CONCLUDED THAT DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT
OF AN EF1 TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SOUTH
OF SIBLEY EAST OF 371. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO
DUBBERLY WHERE SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG HWY 531NORTH OF DUBBERLY. THE
TORNADO LIFTED AS IT APPROACHED INTERSTATE 20. THE STORM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TORNADO IS THE SAME CELL THAT PRODUCED A 42
MILE LONG TRACK ACROSS DESOTO PARISH. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED
AT 95-105 MPH.

7. HALL SUMMIT, LA
RATING: EF1
DATE: APRIL 26 2011
TIME: 10:55 PM THROUGH 10:56 PM
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 125 YARDS
INJURIES: 0
FATALITIES: 0

DETAILS:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN
RED RIVER PARISH LA NEAR HALL SUMMIT AND CONCLUDED THAT DAMAGE
WAS THE RESULT OF AN EF1 TORNADO. A COUPLE BARNS WERE DESTROYED
WEST OF TOWN NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 514. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST
SNAPPING AND UPROOTING TREES ALONG 514. SEVERAL HOMES IN TOWN
SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CROSSED 514
EAST OF HALL SUMMIT WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED ONTO THE
ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CROSSING 371 KNOCKING OVER A FEW
TREES BEFORE LIFTING EAST OF 371. A SHERIFF DEPUTY WITNESSED THE
TORNADO CROSSING THE HWY EAST OF HALL SUMMIT AND WAS BLOCKED IN
FROM FALLING TREES. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 85-90 MPH.