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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
833 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2019
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/19/19 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT #2
TORNADO #1 - HAWORTH IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.38 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/19/2019
START TIME: 6:24 PM CDT
START LOCATION: HAWORTH / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 33.8458 / -94.6576
END DATE: 06/19/2019
END TIME: 6:26 PM CDT
END LOCATION: HAWORTH / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 33.8478 / -94.6515
SUMMARY: A POTENT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WEAK AND
SHORT-LIVED TORNADO IN DOWNTOWN HAWORTH. THE TORNADO
BEGAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN NEAR CHOCTAW AVENUE AND LIFTED
JUST EAST OF ELM STREET NEAR THE CENTER OF TOWN. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO TREES, BUT ONE UPROOTED TREE FELL UPON A
RESIDENCE AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE PATTERN
HAD STRONG INDICATIONS OF CIRCULATION, WHICH DIFFERENTIATED THIS
WEAK TORNADIC DAMAGE FROM MORE WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT-LINE WIND
DAMAGE PRODUCED BY THE SAME CELL A HANDFUL OF MINUTES LATER.
A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO MCCURTAIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING DAMAGE FOR THIS SURVEY.
.STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK AND LITTLE
RIVER COUNTY, AR...
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 9000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/19/2019
START TIME: 6:31 PM CDT
START LOCATION: AMERICA / MCCURTAIN COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 33.8187 / -94.5381
END DATE: 06/19/2019
END TIME: 6:40 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 WNW FOREMAN / LITTLE RIVER COUNTY / AR
END LAT/LON: 33.7621 / -94.4725
SUMMARY: THE SAME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE WEAK
TORNADO IN HAWORTH VERY QUICKLY DEVELOPED A NEW MID-LEVEL
CIRCULATION JUST DOWNSTREAM. SURVEY OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THIS
EVOLUTION INITIATED A POTENT REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT, WHICH BROUGHT AN
EXPANDING SWATH OF 65 TO 85 MPH WINDS TO FAR SOUTHEASTERN
MCCURTAIN COUNTY AND JUST INTO LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN FAR
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. NEARLY ALL OF THE OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS TO
TREES, WITH LIKELY HUNDREDS OF SOFTWOODS AND HARDWOODS BEING
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE TREES WERE
LAID OVER TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH NO SOLID INDICATIONS OF EMBEDDED
ROTATION. THE BREADTH OF SEVERE WINDS WAS AT LEAST 5 MILES WIDE
BEFORE THE SIGNAL FADED PAST THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.
MUCH APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO BOTH MCCURTAIN COUNTY AND LITTLE
RIVER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING
DAMAGE DURING THIS SURVEY.
TORNADO #2 - NORTHEAST OF BENTON IN BOSSIER PARISH, LA
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.44 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/19/2019
START TIME: 10:47 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NE BENTON / BOSSIER PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 32.7561 / -93.6880
END DATE: 06/19/2019
END TIME: 10:49 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NE BENTON / BOSSIER PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 32.7583 / -93.6634
SUMMARY: A TORNADO THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN A LINEAR SEGMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY DEVELOPED, TOUCHING DOWN ACROSS A FORESTED
AREA NORTHEAST OF BENTON NEAR BUTLER HILL ROAD. BASED OFF DRONE
FOOTAGE, THE TORNADO DOWNED APPROXIMATELY 200 TREES BEFORE IT
RIPPED MOST OF THE ROOF OFF OF A TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME,
LEAVING ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE ROOF ON THE SECOND STORY AND
THE BRICK EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE FIRST STORY STANDING. THIS WAS
THE WORST DAMAGE WITH THE TORNADO, GIVING IT A HIGH END
EF-2 RATING. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON TO CROSS BUTLER HILL ROAD
IT DOWNED AND UPROOTED APPROXIMATELY 150 ADDITIONAL TREES, WITH
SEVERAL FALLING ON TWO SEPARATE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE TORNADO
ALSO DAMAGED THE ROOF ON AN OUTBUILDING BEFORE MOVING OUT TO UPROOT
AND SNAP SEVERAL ADDITION HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES.
DRONE FOOTAGE AND GROUND DAMAGE INDICATED THAT AT LEAST ONE
ADDITIONAL MESOVORTEX DEVELOPED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROTATION
OF THE TORNADO, LEADING TO AN ADDITIONAL SWATH OF DAMAGE THAT
PARALLELED THE PRIMARY TORNADO PATH. DUE TO ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THE PRIMARY TRACK, THIS DAMAGE IS COUNTED AS ONE TORNADO TRACK.
THIS WAS AN ANOMALOUS TORNADO EVENT FOR NORTHERN LOUISIANA GIVEN
ITS INTENSITY OCCURRING SO LATE IN THE SPRING SEASON. AFTER REVIEWING
STORMDATA, THIS IS THE STRONGEST TORNADO TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE
MONTHS OF JUNE AND SEPTEMBER IN BOSSIER PARISH. THIS IS ONLY
THE SECOND TORNADO TO EVER OCCUR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE IN BOSSIER
PARISH (EF-1 IN 1992). IN ADDITION, A TORNADO OF THIS INTENSITY
OCCURS RARELY WHEN EMBEDDED WITHIN LINE OR BOW ECHO SEGMENTS OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
MUCH APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO THE BOSSIER PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (BOHSEP) ALONG WITH THE BOSSIER
PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
.STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN BOSSIER AND WEBSTER PARISHES
IN LOUISIANA...
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 2.9 MILES
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/19/2019
START TIME: 11:01 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 11 NE BENTON / BOSSIER PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 32.7705 / -93.5621
END DATE: 06/19/2019
END TIME: 11:05 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW COTTON VALLEY / WEBSTER PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 32.7922 / -93.4549
SUMMARY: AFTER THE LINE SEGMENT THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO NORTHEAST
OF BENTON EVOLVED INTO A MORE PRONOUNCED BOW ECHO AND PRODUCED
INTERMITTENT SWATHS OF DAMAGE WHERE BOTH HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED ON HIGHWAY 157, BODCAU DAM ROAD, WHITTINGTON ROAD,
AND YOUNG ROAD BEFORE DAMAGE CONTINUE TO CROSS THE BOSSIER-WEBSTER
PARISH LINE.
MUCH APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO THE BOSSIER PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (BOHSEP) ALONG WITH THE BOSSIER
PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING DAMAGE
LOCATIONS FOR THIS SURVEY.
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 200MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200MPH
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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