Southern Natchitoches Parish Storm Of February 21, 2013

Southern Natchitoches Parish Storm Of Feb. 21, 2013..

A SUPERCELL MOVED ACROSS VERNON PARISH AND INTO NATCHITOCHES PARISH THAT PRODUCED AN EF-1 TORNADO. 
 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
6:48 PM CST FRI FEB 22, 2013

NWS STORM SURVEY FOR STORM DAMAGE THAT OCCURED THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013

 ...A SUPERCELL MOVED ACROSS VERNON PARISH AND INTO NATCHITOCHES... PARISH THAT PRODUCED AN EF-1 TORNADO. BELOW IS THE PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO...
BELOW IS THE PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO:
TORNADO 1: KURTHWOOD LA 4 E...
RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/21/13
START TIME: 03:00 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3.6 MILES ESE OF KURTHWOOD/VERNON/LA
START LAT/LON: 31.325/-93.111
END DATE: 02/21/13
END TIME: 03:10 PM CST
END LOCATION: 4.3 MILES NE OF KURTHWOOD/VERNON/LA
END_LAT/LON: 31.365/-93.105
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A PINE FOREST SOUTH OF LA 465 AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG WITH UPROOTING A FEW LARGE PINE TREES. THE DAMAGE PATH STARTED BETWEEN KURTHWOOD AND HUTTON...THEN MOVED NORTH OUT OF VERNON PARISH AND INTO NATCHITOCHES PARISH.