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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
851 PM CST WED DEC 14 2022

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 12/13/22 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1...

.UPDATE...THIS UPDATE INCLUDES SURVEY INFORMATION FOR THE UNION 
PARISH TORNADO. 

.OVERVIEW...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH EAST TEXAS,
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT, SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT AND IN THE WARM SECTOR 
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THERE WERE NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS ISSUED 
DURING THE EVENT WITH AT LEAST 3 CONFIRMED TORNADOES.

.TORNADO #1...PANOLA/HARRISON COUNTY, TX

RATING:                 EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.1611 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   460.0 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             12/13/2022
START TIME:             03:38 PM CST
START LOCATION:         13 SW WASKOM / PANOLA COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON:          32.3323 / -94.2154

END DATE:               12/13/2022
END TIME:               03:52 PM CST
END LOCATION:           4 SSW WASKOM / HARRISON COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON:            32.4211 / -94.0992

SUMMARY: THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN A FORESTED AREA IN
PANOLA COUNTY OFF OF CR-3123. THERE, APPROXIMATELY 200 SOFTWOOD
TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ACROSS AN AREA AROUND 460 YARDS
WIDE. THE TORNADO DAMAGE SWATH NARROWED AS IT CONTINUED TO DO
ROOF DAMAGE TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OFF OF CR-312 AND CR-3123.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO SNAP AND UPROOT TREES AS IT CONTINUES TO
CROSS FM-31 AND CROSSED INTO HARRISON COUNTY. THE TORNADO THEN
CROSSED OLD TOWN ROAD (CR-1202) AND FM-451, AS IT CONTINUED TO
UPROOT TREES AND DOWN LARGE BRANCHES. THE TORNADO THEN PARALLELED
CR-1214 AS IT CONTINUE TO DO TREE DAMAGE. IT FINALLY CROSSED FM-
9 AND HIT A TWO STORY HOME, REMOVING LARGE PORTIONS OF THE ROOF
BEFORE IT LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER. 

A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT (TDEM) AND THE PANOLA COUNTY AND HARRISON COUNTY 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING 
DAMAGE DURING THE SURVEY. 

.TORNADO # 2...SOUTHWEST CADDO PARISH, LA 

RATING:                 EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  3.5349 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   700.0 YARDS 
FATALITIES:             2
INJURIES:               2

START DATE:             12/13/2022
START TIME:             04:36 PM CST
START LOCATION:         6 WNW KEACHI / CADDO PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON:          32.221 / -94.0102

END DATE:               12/13/2022
END TIME:               04:41 PM CST
END LOCATION:           6 NNW KEACHI / CADDO PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON:            32.2569 / -93.969

SUMMARY: A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BEGAN MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST 
CADDO PARISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF 
KEACHI. A TORNADO QUICKLY DEVELOPED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING INTO 
CADDO PARISH, FIRST PRODUCING MINOR DAMAGE WITH WINDS OF 80 MPH ON
JOHNS ROAD JUST TO THE SOUTH OF KEATCHIE MARSHALL ROAD. AS THE 
TORNADO CROSSED KEATCHIE MARSHALL ROAD IT QUICKLY BEGIN TO 
STRENGTHEN, PRODUCING DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD 
TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ITS NORTHEAST TRACK THROUGH RITA AND 
LAURIE ANN ST, CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO TREES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO 
HOMES ALONG THIS PATH. THE TORNADO THEN APPROACHED A NUMBER OF 
MANUFACTURED HOMES AS IT MOVED NEAR AND ACROSS PECAN ROAD,  
PRODUCING EF2 DAMAGE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 130 MPH. THE FIRST 
HOME STRUCK BY THE TORNADO WAS A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, CAUSING 
COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNIT. THE TORNADO CAUSED SIMILAR 
DAMAGE TO 3 MORE SINGLE WIDE HOMES ON PECAN ROAD AS IT MOVED 
TOWARDS LARETA STREET. TWO ADDITIONAL SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOMES 
WERE THEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED ON BOTH SIDES OF PECAN ROAD JUST 
SOUTH OF LARETA ST. 

AS THE TORNADO CROSSED LARETA STREET IT LIFTED A DOUBLE WIDE 
MANUFACTURED HOME AND TOSSED IT TO THE NORTH AND EAST WITH TWO
PEOPLE INSIDE THAT DID NOT SURVIVE. ONE WAS A 30 YEAR OLD FEMALE 
WHO WAS THROWN AN ESTIMATED 200 YARDS WHERE SHE WAS FOUND ON PAULA
ROAD. THE OTHER OCCUPANT WAS AN 8 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS THROWN BY 
THE TORNADO AN ESTIMATED 500-600 YARDS TO THE NORTH. IN ADDITION 
TO THE TWO FATALITIES, TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED ON PECAN
ROAD AS THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH. ONCE THE TORNADO REACHED PAULA
ROAD, IT CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST, PRODUCING ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE TO THE WEST OF FOUR FORKS ROAD BEFORE CROSSING 
HIGHWAY 169 JUST SOUTH OF SMALL ROAD WHERE THE TORNADO THEN 
LIFTED. 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CADDO PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND THE CADDO PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE 
FOR ASSISTANCE LOCATING DAMAGE AND AERIAL DATA PROVIDED DURING THE
SURVEY.  


.TORNADO #3...UNION PARISH, LA

RATING:                 EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.13 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   500 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               14

START DATE:             12/13/2022
START TIME:             08:23 PM CST
START LOCATION:         4 W FARMERVILLE / UNION PARISH / LA
START LAT/LON:          32.772 / -92.4683

END DATE:               12/13/2022
END TIME:               08:34 PM CST
END LOCATION:           6 NNE FARMERVILLE / UNION PARISH / LA
END LAT/LON:            32.8477 / -92.3409

SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN THE BAYOU D'ARBONNE LAKE AREA, TOUCHING 
DOWN INITIALLY ALONG SPRING LAKE ROAD. TRACKING NORTHEAST, IN 
THIS AREA THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED MANY HARDWOOD AND 
SOFTWOOD TREES AND TREES FALLING ON HOMES PRODUCED AREAS OF 
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN BRIEFLY MOVED OVER THE LAKE
BEFORE CROSSING HIGHWAY 2 WHERE SEVERAL RESIDENCES WERE HEAVILY 
DAMAGED AND A AT LEAST A FEW SHOPS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. 
THE MOST HEAVILY-DAMAGED STRUCTURE, WARRANTING A 130 MPH PEAK 
WIND SPEED ESTIMATE, WAS A TWO STORY RESIDENCE WHICH HAD ITS 
ROOF AND MUCH OF THE SECOND STORY REMOVED OR DESTROYED. HERE 
THERE WERE ALSO TWO NON-CRITICAL INJURIES. THE TORNADO THEN 
TRACKED OVER A SMALL PORTION OF THE LAKE AGAIN BEFORE COMING 
ASHORE AND MOVING ACROSS CORNEY CREEK DRIVE AND DOZIER ROAD. 
IN THIS AREA THERE WERE SEVERAL RESIDENCES DAMAGED BY FALLING 
TREES, ALTHOUGH ONE CABIN WAS LARGELY DESTROYED DUE TO WHAT 
SEEMED TO BE A COMBINATION OF FALLING TREES AND WIND FORCING. 

THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED OVER A NEARLY 2 MILE SPAN WHERE THE 
SURVEY TEAM HAD NO ACCESS, ALTHOUGH A TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE
ON RADAR GIVES CONFIDENCE THE CIRCULATION REMAINED ON THE 
GROUND. THE TORNADO HAD GROWN TO A WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 500
YARDS BY THE TIME IT NEXT CROSSED DENTON ROAD WHERE A MULTITUDE
OF EF-2 DAMAGE INDICATORS WERE FOUND AND 4 RESIDENCES HEAVILY 
DAMAGE OR DESTROYED. ONE DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME HERE WAS 
THROWN AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND 5 INJURIES WERE REPORTED 
AT THIS LOCATION. THERE WAS ALSO A SINGLE WIND MOBILE HOME 
THROWN AND DESTROYED, ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES WERE KNOWN TO THE 
SURVEY TEAM AT THIS LOCATION. TWO ONE OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENCES
IN THIS LOCATION ALSO SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND SOME WALLS.
ADDITIONALLY, AT THIS LOCATION THERE WAS EXTREME TREE DAMAGE 
WITH AT LEAST A FEW TREES EXHIBITING SOME DEBARKING. 
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE 
TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 15 AND MOVED ACROSS CAMP ROAD. 

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO 
OCCURRED IN THE CAMP ROAD AREA AS THE 400 TO 500 YARD WIDE
TORNADO STRUCK AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND AN ADJACENT MOBILE
HOME PARK. IN THIS MOBILE HOME PARK AREA, 7 OF THE 9 SINGLE
WIDE MOBILE HOMES WERE THROWN AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. IT IS 
ESTIMATED THAT THE STRONGEST CORE OF THE TORNADIC WINDS ONLY
CLIPPED THE SOUTH END OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT ONE 
BUILDING IN THIS AREA HAD A LARGE PORTION OF ITS ROOF AND 
SOME EXTERIOR WALLS REMOVED. THIS DAMAGE WARRANTED THE 
PEAK 140 MPH EF-3 RATING OF THE TORNADO WITH WIDESPREAD
MID TO STRONG EF-2 DAMAGE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. 
THE SURVEY TEAM RECEIVED A CONFIRMATION OF 14 TOTAL INJURIES, 
TWO CRITICAL, ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTIRE TORNADO, ALTHOUGH 
THE DETAILS OF WHICH INJURIES OCCURRED IN ASSOCIATION
WITH WHICH STRUCTURES IN THE CAMP ROAD AREA ARE NOT 
CURRENTLY KNOWN TO THE SURVEY TEAM. 

FROM HERE THE TORNADO WENT ACROSS ANOTHER NEARLY 2 MILE GAP
THROUGH THE WOODS AND INACCESSIBLE TO THE SURVEY TEAM, 
ALTHOUGH THE TEAM DID CONFIRM HEAVY EF-2 LEVEL TREE DAMAGE DID
CONTINUE WELL INTO THE WOODS EAST OF CAMP ROAD. THE TORNADO 
HAD OBVIOUSLY WEAKED A GOOD DEAL WHEN IT CROSSED THE FEAZEL 
ROAD AFTER TRAVERSING THE WOODED AREA. HERE THERE WAS ONLY EF-1 
LEVEL STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO ULTIMATELY 
TRACKED ANOTHER MILE OR SO, DOING ONLY EF-0 DAMAGE BEFORE 
LIFTING ALTOGETHER IN THE VICINITY OF SWEET LILY ROAD. 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE UNION PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND THE UNION PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE 
FOR ASSISTANCE LOCATING DAMAGE.  

&&

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.


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