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NOUS44 KSHV 280019
PNSSHV
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281230-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
719 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/26/2025 TORNADO AND THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...
TORNADO #1: BENTLEY LA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.60 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 280 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/26/2025
START TIME: 11:03 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 S DRY PRONG / GRANT PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.5177 / -92.5277
END DATE: 05/26/2025
END TIME: 11:08 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 W POLLOCK / GRANT PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 31.5167 / -92.4685
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF1 TORNADO DEVELOPED WITHIN A QLCS AND BEGAN ALONG LA HWY
8 BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND BENTLEY. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES WERE SNAPPED IN A NARROW PATH THAT WAS ABOUT 280 YARDS WIDE
AT ITS MAXIMUM. A FEW UPROOTS WERE ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THE DAMAGE
PATH. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-SOUTHEAST, CROSSING ROLAND PREUTT
ROAD AND LONE PINE ROAD. THE TREE DAMAGE WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT AND
WIDESPREAD IN THIS AREA. WHILE NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED AS THE TORNADO CROSSED ROCK HILL ROAD AND
US HWY 167 SOUTH OF BENTLEY, THE DAMAGE BEGAN TO BECOME A LITTLE
MORE SPORADIC. THE TORNADO TURNED TO THE NORTHEAST, CROSSING
SHADOW ROAD, AND THEN CROSSED LA HWY 8 AGAIN. A WELL-DEFINED PATH
OF SNAPPED PINE TREES WAS NOTED BETWEEN HERE AND WHERE THE TORNADO
LIFTED JUST EAST OF SOUTH TOWER ROAD, NORTH OF THE KISATCHIE
NATIONAL FOREST CATAHOULA RANGER STATION. NEARLY ALL OF THE
DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO CONSISTED OF TREE DAMAGE. SOME ROOF
DAMAGE OCCURRED EAST OF BENTLEY DUE TO THE DAMAGED TREES FALLING
ON STRUCTURES.
MANY THANKS GO TO THE GRANT PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING DAMAGE FOR
THIS SURVEY.
.STRAIGHT-LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS: POLLOCK, LA
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.27 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/26/2025
START TIME: 11:13 AM CDT
START LOCATION: POLLOCK / GRANT PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.5199 / -92.4089
END DATE: 05/26/2025
END TIME: 11:14 AM CDT
END LOCATION: POLLOCK / GRANT PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 31.5195 / -92.4044
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A VERY NARROW STRIP OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED SOUTH
OF POLLOCK, JUST NORTH OF LA HWY 8. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED DOWNWIND TO THE EAST, CORRESPONDING WITH THE
MOVEMENT OF THE QLCS. BASED ON RADAR DATA, THE DISSIPATED COUPLET
OF THE BENTLEY TORNADO PASSED JUST NORTH OF HERE. THESE WINDS MAY
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLD REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT.
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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