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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
323 PM CST WED MAR 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 04, 2025 TORNADO EVENT
BOYCE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.91 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/04/2025
START TIME: 11:50 AM CST
START LOCATION: BOYCE / RAPIDES PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.3886 / -92.6751
END DATE: 03/04/2025
END TIME: 11:57 AM CST
END LOCATION: 1 ENE BOYCE / GRANT PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON: 31.3937 / -92.6437
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE BOYCE TORNADO BEGAN BETWEEN HWY 49 AND HWY 1 IN RAPIDES
PARISH, WHERE IT DOWNED SEVERAL POWER LINES. FROM THERE IT
CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHERE IT DAMAGED HOMES AS IT CROSSED HWY 1.
IT THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO THE TOWN OF BOYCE, DAMAGING
SEVERAL MORE HOMES, DESTROYING OUTBUILDINGS, AND DAMAGING VARIOUS
TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF BOYCE. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED FURTHER
NORTHEAST, CROSSING THE RED RIVER INTO SHREVEPORT'S CWA. WEAK
TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND BY WFO SHV ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RED
RIVER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SAME TORNADO. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
TREES ALONG AARON SLAYER PLANTATION RD IN GRANT PARISH, UNTIL IT
LIFTED AROUND 11:57 AM.
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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