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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
508 PM CST WED MAR 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MARCH 04, 2025 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 1
UPDATE
UPDATE TO EXTEND PATH TO THE SOUTHWEST.
BOYCE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.45 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/04/2025
START TIME: 11:50 AM CST
START LOCATION: 2 WSW BOYCE / RAPIDES PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON: 31.3777 / -92.6978
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 IN A FIELD TO THE SOUTHWEST OF I-49 IN
RAPIDES PARISH, WHERE POWERLINES WERE REMOVED FROM TRANSMISSION
TOWERS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING I-49 AND DAMAGED
HOMES AS IT CROSSED HWY 1. IT PROCEEDED 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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