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139 NOUS44 KLCH 012033 PNSLCH TXZ259-020845- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 333 PM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/31/13 TORNADO EVENT... .JASPER TORNADO... RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1 MILE PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: OCTOBER 31 2013 START TIME: 600 AM CDT START LOCATION: 5 S JASPER / JASPER COUNTY / TX START LAT/LON: 30.8451 / -93.9827 END DATE: OCTOBER 31 2013 END TIME: 602 AM CDT END LOCATION: 4 S JASPER / JASPER COUNTY / TX END_LAT/LON: 30.8602 / -93.9728 SURVEY SUMMARY: A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON TX COUNTY ROAD 303... MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST AND CROSSED US HIGHWAY 96...BEFORE ENDING NEAR TX COUNTY ROAD 302. QUITE A FEW LARGE PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED...SOME LANDING ON HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON A RANCH. ONE LARGE BUILDING WAS PUSHED 25 FEET OFF ITS PILINGS. EF-SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>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. $$ ERICKSON