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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
132 PM CST MON FEB 16 2026
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0838 PM TORNADO 2 SSE CARLYSS 30.14N 93.36W
02/14/2026 CALCASIEU LA NWS STORM SURVEY
THE TORNADO STARTED JUST EAST OF 108 AND
JUST SOUTH OF THE VINCENT SETTLEMENT
ELEMETARY SCHOOL CROSSED OVER OAK LAKE DRIVE
JUST NORTH OF MOSS LAKE WHERE MOSTLY TREE
DAMAGE AND MINOR SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.
THE TORNADO CROSSED THE SHIP CHANNEL AND
WENT ACROSS THE NORTH PORTION OF GRAY
PLANTATION AND CROSSED OVER BIG LAKE ROAD,
WHERE TREES AND AN OVERTURNED SHED WAS
OBSERVED. THE TORNADO ENDED JUST EAST OF
ELLIOT ROAD WHERE SIGNIFICANT SHINGLE DAMAGE
WAS OBSERVED. BEFORE THE REAR FLANK
DOWNDRAFT WINDS OVERWHELMED THE TORNADIC
CIRCULATION. THE OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST WAS FROM THE REAR FLANK DOWN
DRAFT WITH WINDS ESTIMATED IN THE 60 TO 80
MPH RANGE.
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