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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
105 PM CDT TUE OCT 28 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY SUMMARY FOR 10/26/2025 TORNADO EVENT
.TORNADO #1 - WHITEHALL, LA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.12 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/26/2025
START TIME: 04:40 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 E WHITEHALL / LIVINGSTON PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.2755 / -90.6389
END DATE: 10/26/2025
END TIME: 04:41 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 E WHITEHALL / LIVINGSTON PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.2763 / -90.6371
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO CROSSED BEAR ISLAND ROAD SOUTH OF HWY 22, CAUSING
DAMAGE MOSTLY TO TREES. ONE HOME SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE, AND
A LARGE METAL CANOPY WAS THROWN ABOUT 25 TO 40 YARD TO THE
SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO TRACK LIKELY BEGAN OVER THE MARSH TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND CONTINUED INTO THE MARSH TO THE NORTHEAST, BUT
THESE AREAS WERE INACCESSIBLE. THE TRACK INFORMATION MAY BE
REFINED AT A LATER DATE USING REMOTE SURVEY TECHNIQUES IF
SUFFICIENT DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
.TORNADO #2 - HAMMOND, LA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.36 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/26/2025
START TIME: 05:48 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NW ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.5426 / -90.3808
END DATE: 10/26/2025
END TIME: 05:54 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NW ROBERT / TANGIPAHOA PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 30.5615 / -90.3798
SURVEY SUMMARY:
DAMAGE WAS FIRST NOTED ALONG ARBUTHNOTT DRIVE. THE TORNADO MOVED
GENERALLY NORTHWARD TO THE EAST OF RIVER RD CAUSING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE MOSTLY TO TREES. THE STRONGEST DAMAGE SURVEYED WAS ALONG
DUMMYLINE RD WHERE IT SNAPPED SEVERAL LARGE TREES, BEFORE CROSSING
THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER. IT THEN CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND
DESTROYED A TENT ON THE GROUNDS OF CAMP LIVING WATERS. IT SHOULD
BE NOTED THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE AREAS AS
IT NEARED AND CROSSED THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER AND CONTINUED NORTH BEYOND
THE CAMP GROUNDS. THE TRACK MAY BE REFINED OR EXTENDED USING REMOTE
SURVEY TECHNIQUES IF SUFFICIENT DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
TORNADO #3 - GAUTIER, MS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/27/2025
START TIME: 09:27 AM CDT
START LOCATION: GAUTIER / JACKSON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 30.3892 / -88.6486
END DATE: 10/27/2025
END TIME: 09:37 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 N GAUTIER / JACKSON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 30.4229 / -88.6369
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 90 CAUSING
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A RESTAURANT AND SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTH-NORHTWESTWARD ACROSS US HWY 90 CAUSING MINOR
DAMAGE JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
IT CONTINUED TO CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AS IT MOVED THROUGH
THE NORTHWOOD HILLS COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED MORE
NORTHEASTWARD IMPACTING RURAL AREAS IN AND AROUND INDIAN POINT
ROAD BEFORE CAUSING ISOLATED TREE AND HOME DAMAGE ALONG WESTGATE
PARKWAY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND
RESTRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED MARTIN BLUFF ROAD. IN THIS AREA
IT CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE BAYOU VILLAGE
APARTMENTS COMPLEX. IN THE GLENMARK APARTMENTS COMPLEX, THE
TORNADO DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING, SHIFTED A SECOND SMALL
OUTBUILDING FROM ITS FOUNDATION, AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. IT ALSO CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE
AND THE COLLAPSE OF ONE BUILDING'S PARAPET WALL FACADE AT THE
RIVERBEND CONDOMINIUMS IN THE SAME AREA. THE TORNADO CROSSED
MARTIN BLUFF ROAD CAUSING MORE ISOLATED TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE
ACROSS VICTORIA AND COURTNEY DRIVE. THE TORNADO LIKELY CONTINUED
TO CAUSE AT LEAST MINOR TREE DAMAGE IN THE FORESTED AREA NORTH
OF COURTNEY DR, BUT THIS AREA WAS INACCESSIBLE. A MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC CAMERA SHOWED THE TORNADO
DISSIPATING AS IT APPROACHED INTERSTATE 10.
.TORNADO #4 - PASCAGOULA, MS
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 10/26/2025
START TIME: 10:13 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE PASCAGOULA / JACKSON COUNTY / MS
START LAT/LON: 30.3697 / -88.5135
END DATE: 10/26/2025
END TIME: 10:20 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE MOSS POINT / JACKSON COUNTY / MS
END LAT/LON: 30.3928 / -88.5099
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
MOVED NORTHEASTWARD CAUSING GENERALLY MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND A
FEW RESIDENTIAL ROOFS. THE TORNADO WAS STRONGEST AS IT APPROACHED
OLD MOBILE AVE, WHERE IT UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES IN A CONVERGENT
PATTERN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH
CHATEAU DR. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
BRIARWOOD SUBDIVISION ALONG ARROWHEAD DR, IT BEGAN TO OCCLUDE,
TAKING TURN TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST AS IT APPROACHED
INDUSTRIAL AVE. IT THEN CROSSED HWY 90 AND LIFTED AS IT
APPROACHED SHORTCUT RD.
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.
CAB/MD/KLG/TJS/DM
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