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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
356 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/26/25 TORNADO EVENT
SULPHUR TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.08 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/26/2025
START TIME: 11:45 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 E SULPHUR / CALCASIEU PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.21704 / -93.34281
END DATE: 10/26/2025
END TIME: 11:48 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SW WESTLAKE / CALCASIEU PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.22185 / -93.30852
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT
AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
PALERMO DRIVE AND EVANGELINE STREET IN SULPHUR. THE TORNADO
THEN TRACKED ACROSS MCMURRY PARK AND INTO THE MAPLEWOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEVERAL HOMES IN THE AREA SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, AWNINGS, AND FENCES. THERE WAS ALSO TREE
DAMAGE, AND A FEW POWER LINES WERE PULLED FROM THEIR POLES.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED OVER LOWE'S BEFORE CROSSING I-10 AND
DISSIPATING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PETE MANENA ROAD AND
BAYOU D'INDE ROAD. TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO OBSERVED ALONG I-10
WHERE THE TORNADO CROSSED THE INTERSTATE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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