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813 NOUS44 KLCH 312141 PNSLCH LAZ041-010945- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 441 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 10/31/13 TORNADO EVENT 0013... ...A LINE OF STORMS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHWEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH PRODUCING AN EF-0 TORNADO. BELOW IS THE PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO... .TORNADO 1: TORNADO 0013... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.4 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 10/31/13 START TIME: 10:30 AM CDT START LOCATION: 5 MILES WNW OF KLCH/CALCASIEU/LA START LAT/LON: 30.1595/-93.2957 END DATE: 10/31/13 END TIME: 10:35 AM CDT END LOCATION: 5 MILES NW OF KLCH/CALCASIEU/LA END_LAT/LON: 30.1615/-93.2729 SURVEY_SUMMARY: THE TORNADO FORMED JUST TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 384 AND TOUCHED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 384 AND OGEA RD. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE EAST NORTH EAST AND SNAPPED A FEW TREE BRANCHES ONE OF WHICH WAS ONE FOOT THICK. IT UPROOTED A TREE ON OGEA RD NEAR SANCESS RD AND PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO A DECK OF ONE HOME. THE TORNADO COLLAPSED TWO SHEDS ON OGEA RD. 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. $$ DEAL/TINGLER