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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
922 AM CST WED MAR 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/04/25 TORNADO EVENT
LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.56 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/04/2025
START TIME: 09:49 AM CST
START LOCATION: 5 NW WOODVILLE / TYLER COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 30.8225 / -94.4954
END DATE: 03/04/2025
END TIME: 09:52 AM CST
END LOCATION: 5 NW WOODVILLE / TYLER COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 30.8256 / -94.4876
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ROUGHLY 0.5 MILES WEST OF HWY 287 WHERE SEVERAL
TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH SOME OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE IT DAMAGED A HOME, AN OUTBUILDING WAS
DESTROYED, AND SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK. TWO
BY FOURS WERE IMPALED INTO THE ROOF OF THE HOME AS WELL. ROUGHLY
30% OF ROOF WAS PEELED OFF OF THE HOME. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED EAST TOWARDS HWY 287 WHERE TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR
LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK. THIS WAS THE END OF THE LITTLE CYPRESS
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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