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079 NOUS44 KLCH 102314 CCA PNSLCH LAZ027-231315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 614 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 ...NWS STORM SURVEY FOR STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED FRIDAY MAY 10 2013... ...A LINE OF STORMS MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CAMERON PARISH PRODUCING AN EF-0 TORNADO. BELOW IS THE PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO... .TORNADO 1: SWEET LAKE LA... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.85 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 05/10/13 START TIME: 01:45 AM CDT START LOCATION: 1 MILE E OF GLHS/SWEET LAKE/LA START LAT/LON: 30.016/-93.171 END DATE: 05/10/13 END TIME: 01:46 AM CDT END LOCATION: 1.7 MILES ESE OF GLHS/SWEET LAKE/LA END_LAT/LON: 30.007/-93.161 THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 384 NEAR LUCY LANE AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS BRANCHES AND DOWNED SEVERAL SMALL TREES ALONG THE PATH. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOFING OF ONE HOME OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 384 AND TO A FEW HOMES ALONG CLYDES AND CLYDE OLIVERS LANES. THE TORNADO ENDED NORTH OF T JOHNS ROAD JUST EAST OF TANS ROAD. 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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ TINGLER