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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
456 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #2...
UPDATE
ADDITIONAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN ASCENSION, ST. JAMES, LAFOURCHE,
AND WASHINGTON PARISHES FROM THE STORMS ON FEBRUARY 15TH. ADDITIONAL REVISIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ONCE SATELLITE DATA IS AVAILABLE OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
.TORNADO #1 - CENTERVILLE, MS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.00 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/14/2026
START TIME: 10:54 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 NNW NORWOOD / WILKINSON COUNTY / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.0376 / -91.1564
END DATE: 02/14/2026
END TIME: 11:02 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 ESE CENTREVILLE / AMITE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.0791 / -91.0486
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ANCIL COX ROAD ON THE
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CENTREVILLE NEAR GRIFFIN LANE. A FEW TREES WERE
DOWNED HERE, WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THEM TAKING DOWN A POWERLINE.
THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST, GENERALLY PARALLELING ANCIL COX
ROAD UNTIL REACHING THE INTERSECTION WITH OLD HIGHWAY 33. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THIS INTERSECTION,
WHERE APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED
WHICH SUPPORTS THE 90 MPH WIND RATING. BEYOND THIS POINT, THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE AND LIMB
DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. THE FINAL ACCESSIBLE POINT OF THE TORNADO S
TRACK WAS NEAR CENTERVILLE ACADEMY. MINOR DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON
CAMPUS, INCLUDING A DOWNED LIGHT POLE, PARTIAL ROOF UPLIFT ON A
METAL BUILDING, AND A BASEBALL PITCHING BACKSTOP THAT WAS
THROWN APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET INTO A CHAIN-LINK FENCE. THE TORNADO
MAY HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTHEASTWARD; HOWEVER, THAT
WILL NEED TO BE CONFIRMED THROUGH ADDITIONAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
ANALYSIS.
.TORNADO #2 - PEORIA, MS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/14/2026
START TIME: 11:26 PM CST
START LOCATION: 7 E LIBERTY / AMITE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.173 / -90.6852
END DATE: 02/14/2026
END TIME: 11:32 PM CST
END LOCATION: 8 ENE LIBERTY / AMITE COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.1969 / -90.6581
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ALONG
PEORIA ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24. AT THE
INITIAL DAMAGE POINT, DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.
BASED ON THE DEGREE OF TREE DAMAGE HERE, IT IS LIKELY THE TORNADO
INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF THIS LOCATION. HOWEVER, THE
RURAL NATURE OF THE AREA LIMITED GROUND SURVEY ACCESS AND
PREVENTED CONFIRMATION OF A MORE EXTENDED PATH TO THE SOUTHWEST.
THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST, CROSSING HIGHWAY 24 AND EAST FORK
ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THIS PORTION
OF THE PATH. THE TORNADO MAY HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHTLY FARTHER
NORTHEAST BEYOND THE SURVEYED DAMAGE AREA. ADDITIONAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY ANALYSIS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PATH
EXTENDS BEYOND THE SURVEYED START AND ENDPOINTS.
.TORNADO #3 - PIKE/LINCOLN COUNTY MS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/14/2026
START TIME: 11:45 PM CST
START LOCATION: 6 NW SUMMIT / PIKE COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 31.3447 / -90.5437
END DATE: 02/14/2026
END TIME: 11:46 PM CST
END LOCATION: 6 NW SUMMIT / LINCOLN COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 31.3496 / -90.538
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR
80 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR KENNA RD FAR NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY, MS
WHERE IT CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST INTO LINCOLN COUNTY, MS WHERE IT STRENGTHENED INTO A
LARGE, STRONG EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
110 MPH SOUTHWEST OF NORFIELD, MS IN NWS JACKSON, MS'S AREA.
.TORNADO #4 - HILLARYVILLE, LA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:01 AM CST
START LOCATION: 4 ESE WHITE CASTLE / ASCENSION PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.1391 / -91.0864
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:20 AM CST
END LOCATION: 4 SSE SORRENTO / ASCENSION PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.1315 / -90.8312
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH
PEAK WINDS OF 90 MPH EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF STORMS TOUCHED DOWN
ALONG HIGHWAY 1 IN FAR WESTERN ASCENSION PARISH JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT ON FEBRUARY 15TH. HERE, THE TORNADO MAINLY SNAPPED LARGE
BRANCHES AND SMALL TREE TRUNKS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD
CAUSING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED HWY 405 AND THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MORE DAMAGE TO LARGE BRANCHES AND TREE TOPS
WAS OBSERVED ALONG RIVER RD NORTH OF DARROW. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER INACCESSIBLE AREAS UNTIL IT
REACHED RUFFIN MARTINEZ RD AND HIGHWAY 22. MORE LARGE BRANCHES
WERE SNAPPED HERE AS IT CONTINUED MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST
TOWARDS WALTER HILL RD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER A 2ND TIME AND REMAINED OVER EITHER OPEN FIELDS OR A
REFINERY. THE TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY AS IT APPROACHED
HIGHWAY 70 WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW TREE TRUNKS. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED OVER THE MARSH EAST OF HIGHWAY 70 WHERE IT LIKELY
LIFTED NEAR THE ASCENSION/ST. JAMES PARISH LINE. THIS TRACK
REMAINS PRELIMINARY AND ADDITIONAL CHANGES COULD OCCUR AFTER
FURTHER REVIEW OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
.TORNADO #5 - DONALDSONVILLE/UNION, LA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 17.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:06 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SW DONALDSONVILLE / ASCENSION PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.0785 / -91.0298
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:28 AM CST
END LOCATION: 6 NNW LUTCHER / ST. JAMES PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.143 / -90.7546
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH
PEAK WINDS OF 105MPH EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF STORMS TOUCHED DOWN
JUST NORTH OF THE ASCENSION/ASSUMPTION PARISH LINE SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 14TH. THIS TORNADO STARTED BY
SNAPPING LARGE BRANCHES AND UPROOTING A TREE ON TE NOM LANDRY RD
AND HIGHWAY 308 SOUTH. IT CONTINUED MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST OVER
OPEN FIELDS UNTIL REACHING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 3089 AND
HIGHWAY 70. HERE, THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO EF-1 INTENSITY
WHERE A POWER POLE AND TREE TRUNK WERE SNAPPED. THIS TORNADO
MAINTAINED INTENSITY AS IT CONTINUED MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST
WHERE IT SNAPPED A SERIES OF POWERLINES OFF OF BAXTER RD ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE CF INDUSTRIES COMPLEX. THE TORNADO THEN STARTED
TO INTENSIFY TO PEAK INTENSITY AS IT CROSSED INTO ST. JAMES
PARISH WHILE MOVING THROUGH MAINLY OPEN FIELDS BEFORE IT HIT A
SERIES OF POWERLINES IN AN OPEN FIELD, SNAPPING 4 LINES. IT
MAINTAINED STRENGTH AS IT CROSSED ANOTHER OPEN FIELD ALONG BADGER
RD BEFORE SNAPPING ANOTHER SERIES OF POWERLINES ALONG HIGHWAY 18.
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST-
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WHEN THE TORNADO REACHED
HIGHWAY 3125, IT PARTIALLY SNAPPED/BENT ANOTHER POWERLINE. THE
TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE MARSH NORTH OF HIGHWAY 3025 BEFORE
REACHING HIGHWAY 61 WHERE IT UPROOTED ANOTHER TREE. THE LAST
DAMAGE POINT FOR THIS TORNADO IS ALONG I-10 WHERE IT SNAPPED MORE
LARGE BRANCHES. THIS TRACK REMAINS PRELIMINARY AND ADDITIONAL
CHANGES COULD OCCUR AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF HIGH-RESOLUTION
SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
.TORNADO #6 - FOLSOM, LA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.46 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:44 AM CST
START LOCATION: 5 SW FOLSOM / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.592 / -90.2749
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:56 AM CST
END LOCATION: 4 ESE FOLSOM / ST. TAMMANY PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.6068 / -90.135
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEFORE POLO RD WHERE IT DAMAGED
A RESIDENCE CAUSING MAINLY ROOF DAMAGE. IT MOVED EAST ALONG POLO
RD WITH SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. THE HEAVIEST TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED
ALONG SPIRIT OF THE FOREST LN AND RIVER TRACE RD WHERE MORE THAN
A DOZEN VERY LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. PERIODIC TREE
AND LARGE LIMB DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE PATH
UNTIL THE TORNADO LIFTED IN THE MERRYWOOD ESTATES SUBDIVISION.
PATH LENGTH WAS 8.3 MILES. MAX WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS. ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM WINDS AROUND 95 MPH. EF RATING EF-1. THIS IS PRELIMINARY
AND NOT A FINAL ASSESSMENT. AFTER ADDITIONAL DATA BECOMES
AVAILABLE PATH LENGTH AND POSSIBLE STRENGTH MAY NEED TO BE
ADJUSTED.
.TORNADO #7 - THIBODAUX, LA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:45 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SW THIBODAUX / LAFOURCHE PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 29.7782 / -90.8437
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 12:56 AM CST
END LOCATION: 6 E THIBODAUX / LAFOURCHE PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 29.776 / -90.7158
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF-0 WITH PEAK WINDS OF
85 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THIBODAUX AT 12:45AM
ON FEBRUARY 15TH. AN TRAILER RV WAS PARTIALLY FLIPPED OFF OF
TALBOT AVE AS THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. THE
TORNADO THEN REACH PEAK STRENGTH AS IT IMPACTED TABERNACLE
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. HERE, THE TORNADO LIFTED A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE ROOF OF THE CHURCH, DISPLACING IT TO THE EAST. THE
WOOD FRAMING OF THE ROOFING HAD EVIDENCE OF ROTTING, SO THE LOWER
BOUND FOR THAT DAMAGE WAS USED IN THIS CASE. THE TORNADO SLIGHTLY
WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST WHERE MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS
FOUND UNTIL IT REACHED PERCY BROWN RD WHERE MULTIPLE LARGE
BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED ALONG IT. THE TORNADO REMAINED VERY WEAK AS
IT CONTINUED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST WHERE THE NEXT NOTABLE DAMAGE
CAME ON CROSSING NORTH ST WHERE A BACKYARD AWNING WAS UPLIFTED.
AS THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST, VEGETATION DAMAGE WAS
NOTED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGERY NORTH OF ROUSSEAU WHERE THE
TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE LIFTED THOUGH ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS WILL
BE NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE END POINT OVER INACCESSIBLE AREAS.
THIS TRACK REMAINS PRELIMINARY AND ADDITIONAL CHANGES COULD OCCUR
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
.TORNADO #8 - BOGUE CHITTO STATE PARK TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.78 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/15/2026
START TIME: 12:45 AM CST
START LOCATION: 7 SSW FRANKLINTON / WASHINGTON PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.7598 / -90.2147
END DATE: 02/15/2026
END TIME: 01:00 AM CST
END LOCATION: 6 NNE ENON / WASHINGTON PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.8054 / -90.0247
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN NWS GROUND SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 90 MPH TRACKED ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON PARISH, SOUTH OF FRANKLINTON,
LA. THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR SAM SMITH RD WHERE IT SNAPPED A
ROTTED LARGE HARDWOOD TREE. ADDITIONAL TREE DEBRIS AND MINOR
DAMAGE TO SKIRTING OF A MANUFACTURED HOME WAS NOTED NEARBY. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST WHERE MORE ABUNDANT TREE DAMAGE
WAS IDENTIFIED INCLUDING SNAPS OF SMALLER TREE TRUNKS AND
BRANCHES ALONG DANIELS RD, WEST OF LA HWY 25. THIS WAS WHERE THE
TORNADO APPEARED TO BE AT ITS STRONGEST AND WIDEST, SPANNING
ABOUT 75 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS THE BOGUE
CHITTO RIVER, AND ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND BY THE
SURVEY TEAM ALONG LA HWY 16, TULLOS RD, AND GENE WILLIAMS RD.
NEAR LEE RD AND THIGPEN RD WAS WHERE THE LAST AREA OF MORE
CONCENTRATED MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THIS WAS THE
ESTIMATED END POINT OF THIS TORNADO DAMAGE PATH. NO ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED ON MOORE RD NOR LA HWY 439, HOWEVER, MINOR
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE DID CONTINUE FARTHER EAST, NORTH OF
BOGALUSA, LA.
.WIND DAMAGE NORTHERN ST TAMMANY PARISH AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH...
SURVEY SUMMARY: THERE WAS A PATH OF SCATTERED SMALL TO MEDIUM TREE DEBRIS
BEGINNING ALONG HIGHWAY 25 NORTH OF FOLSOM AND CONTINUING OFF AND ON TO THE
EAST JUST NORTH OF THE ISABEL COMMUNITY. THE STRONGEST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG
PARKER ROAD WHERE MULTIPLE LARGE LIMBS WITH DIAMETERS IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES
WERE BROKEN AND ONE TREE WAS UPROOTED. MAX WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 75
MPH. THIS IS PRELIMINARY AND AT THIS TIME THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A
TORNADO TRACK YET BUT AFTER ADDITIONAL DATA IS REVIEWED THIS MAY BE UPDATED
TO A WEAK TORNADO.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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