POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HUMBERTO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1200 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2007
NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE IS PRELIMINARY...AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
PARISHES INCLUDED:
VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...ST.
LANDRY...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...UPPER
ST. MARTIN...CAMERON...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST. MARY...LOWER ST.
MARTIN
COUNTIES INCLUDED:
TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...ORANGE
A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KARA-ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.02 -91.53 1010.8 13/2200 190/024 13/1938 180/031 13/1949
KAEX-ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL LA
31.33 -92.56 1005.4 13/2043 130/025 13/1857 130/025 13/1854
KDRI-BEAUREGARD REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.83 -93.34 1005.0 13/1600 020/022 13/1600 040/029 13/1430
020/029 13/1540
KESF-ESLER REGIONAL LA
31.24 -96.24 1006.1 13/2120 200/020 13/2148 190/030 13/2147
KPOE-FORT POLK LA
31.05 -93.18 1006.1 13/1753 030/020 13/1655 030/034 13/1651
KDNK-FORT POLK SELF LANDING STRIP LA
31.17 -93.00 1006.1 13/1753 030/027 13/1653 030/036 13/1651
020/036 13/1656
KJAS-JASPER COUNTY BELL FIELD TX
30.89 -94.03 1010.9 13/1257 350/012 13/1429 350/020 13/1348
KLFT-LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.12 -92.00 1010.5 13/2213 200/021 13/2056 190/028 13/1849
KLCH-LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT LA
30.12 -93.23 1009.5 13/1352 110/029 13/0936 110/036 13/0936
KORG-ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT TX (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0925Z)
30.07 -93.80 1003.4 13/0925 080/029 13/0905 080/040 13/0905
KPTN-PATTERSON MEMORIAL AIRPORT LA
29.71 -91.34 1012.9 13/2355 200/016 13/2015 190/029 13/1355
KP92-SALT POINT LA
29.34 -91.32 1011.9 14/0109 220/014 13/0321 220/026 13/1321
KBPT-SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT TX
29.95 -94.08 988.5 13/0927 110/049 13/0858 110/073 13/0857
KUXL-SULPHUR SOUTHLAND FIELD LA
30.13 -93.38 1007.2 13/1140 180/028 13/1240 170/037 13/1220
KCWF-CHENNAULT AIRPORT LA
30.21 -93.14 1008.8 13/1350 180/023 13/1350 180/030 13/1350
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UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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PORT ARTHUR TX (TCOON)
29.87 -93.93 N/A 216/045 13/0948 200/067 13/0936
TEXAS POINT TX (TCOON)
29.68 -93.84 1004.7 13/0906 177/040 13/0924 177/054 13/0924
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UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 10 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KRBT2-BUNA TX RAWS
30.43 -93.88 N/A N/A 023/016 13/1305 358/034 13/1405
FADT2-MCFADDIN WILDLIFE REFUGE TX RAWS
29.71 -94.12 N/A N/A 135/052 13/0735 127/065 13/0735
WRRT2-WARREN TX RAWS
30.54 -94.35 N/A N/A 015/007 13/1043 051/016 13/1143
CLCL1-HOLMWOOD LA RAWS
30.13 -93.12 N/A N/A 115/018 13/1024 127/029 13/1124
VRNL1-FULLERTON LA RAWS
31.03 -92.98 N/A N/A 040/015 13/1606 042/027 13/1606
GARL1-GARDNER LA RAWS
31.19 -92.63 N/A N/A 212/014 13/2004 241/027 13/2004
LACL1-LACASSINE LA RAWS
30.00 -92.89 N/A N/A 148/019 13/1146 146/030 13/1146
LEVL1-FORT POLK LA RAWS
31.02 -93.19 N/A N/A 042/013 13/1701 023/024 13/1801
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UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 5 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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PORT ARTHUR SETRPC TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/1400Z)
29.87 -93.96 N/A N/A 210/43 13/0900 210/74 13/0900
PORT ARTHUR CITY SERVICE CENTER TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 0800Z)
29.89 -93.98 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A/70 13/0800
PORT ARTHUR WEST TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 0900Z)
29.89 -93.99 N/A N/A 199/34 13/0900 119/67 13/0800
BEAUMONT CARROLL ST PARK TCEQ
30.07 -94.08 N/A N/A 017/33 13/0900 017/65 13/0900
JEFFERSON CO AIRPORT TCEQ
29.94 -94.00 N/A N/A 207/24 13/0900 100/64 13/0900
HAMSHIRE TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0800Z)
29.86 -94.32 N/A N/A 341/35 13/0800 341/63 13/0800
NEDERLAND HS TCEQ
29.98 -94.01 992.6 13/0900 275/25 13/1000 073/60 13/0800
WEST ORANGE TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/1000Z)
30.09 -93.76 N/A N/A 166/27 13/1000 166/53 13/1000
BEAUMONT-LAMAR TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0800Z)
30.04 -94.07 N/A N/A 043/18 13/0900 043/48 13/0800
PORT NECHES TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/1000Z)
29.98 -93.95 N/A N/A 088/16 13/0800 168/44 13/0900
MAURICEVILLE SETRPC TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0900Z)
30.19 -93.87 N/A N/A 052/19 13/0900 052/43 13/0900
GROVES TCEQ (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0800Z)
29.96 -93.90 N/A N/A 097/23 13/0800 097/42 13/0800
REMARKS: DATA MEASURED DURING PREVIOUS ONE HOUR PERIOD FROM TIME
GIVEN.
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ADDITIONAL UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS UNKNOWN AND WIND AVERAGING IS UNKNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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PORT ARTHUR 2 NNW TX (SENSOR FAILURE AT 13/0909Z)
29.93 -93.94 989.4 13/0909 180/36 13/0901 N/A N/A
REMARKS: PUBLIC REPORT.
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ADDITIONAL UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT VARIES AND IS UNKNOWN
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LOCATION PEAK
GUST
(KT)
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PORT ARTHUR LAMAR STATE COLLEGE KFDM-TV MESONET 65
BEAUMONT ODOM ACADEMY KFDM-TV MESONET 64
SABINE PASS SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 60
WEST ORANGE STARKS MIDDLE SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 59
ORANGE ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 59
BEAUMONT ST. ANTHONYS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 58
ORANGE ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 58
NEDERLAND HILLCREST MIDDLE SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 56
NEDERLAND HELENA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 55
BEAUMONT RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY KFDM-TV MESONET 55
VIDOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 51
BEAUMONT MONSIGNOR KELLY HIGH SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 49
VINTON HIGH SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 48
BEAUMONT ST. ANNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 46
BEAUMONT CATHEDRAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 46
BEAUMONT KFDM-TV STATION 43
DEWEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 37
LUMBERTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL KFDM-TV MESONET 34
REMARKS: PEAK GUST MEASURED BETWEEN 13/05Z AND 14/05Z.
B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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42035-22NM EAST OF GALVESTON
29.25 -94.41 991.7 13/0450 116/050 13/0410 120/064 13/0405
05/10
SRST2-SABINE TX
29.67 -94.05 997.0 13/0800 210/060 13/0840 210/074 13/0840
13/10 150/074 13/0729
MRSL1-MARSH ISLAND LA
29.44 -92.06 1011.6 13/2200 150/022 13/0800 180/031 13/1300
23/08
CAPL1-CALCASIEU PASS LA
29.77 -93.34 1009.4 13/1036 135/033 13/0842 140/037 13/0848
09/06
SBPT2-SABINE PASS NORTH TX
29.73 -93.87 1003.3 13/0900 184/042 13/0900 189/058 13/0906
C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0600 UTC SEPTEMBER 12 UNTIL 0559 UTC
SEPTEMBER 14 2007
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL
LAT LON PARISH (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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ACADIANA REGIONAL IBERIA KARA 2.27
30.02 -91.53
ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL RAPIDES KAEX 3.48
31.33 -92.56
ESLER REGIONAL RAPIDES KESF 3.20
31.24 -92.18
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL LAFAYETTE KLFT 3.09
30.12 -92.00
LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL CALCASIEU KLCH 3.08
30.12 -93.23
SALT POINT ST MARY KP92 1.27
29.95 -94.08
SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL JEFFERSON KBPT 6.23
29.95 -94.08
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 11 UNTIL 1200 UTC
SEPTEMBER 14 2007
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ ID RAINFALL
LAT LON PARISH (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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ABBEVILLE LA VERMILION ABBL1 5.70
29.97 -92.13
ALEXANDRIA 5 SSE LA RAPIDES ADSL1 3.03
31.45 -92.45
ALEXANDRIA POWER PLANT LA RAPIDES ALXL1 3.30
31.32 -92.47
BOYCE 3 WNW LA RAPIDES BYCL1 2.42
31.38 -92.72
BOYCE 7 SW LA RAPIDES BCLL1 4.43
31.30 -92.72
BUNKIE LA AVOYELLES BNKL1 2.67
30.95 -92.17
CARENCRO LA LAFAYETTE CRCL1 2.02
30.32 -92.05
CROWLEY 2 NE LA ACADIA CROL1 3.73
30.24 -92.35
DE RIDDER LA BEAUREGARD DRIL1 8.25
30.83 -93.28
ELMER 2 SW LA RAPIDES ELML1 4.76
31.10 -92.70
EUNICE LA SAINT LANDRY EUNL1 2.91
30.48 -92.43
FRANKLIN 3 NW LA SAINT MARY FRAL1 3.09
29.82 -91.54
GRAND COTEAU LA SAINT LANDRY GCHL1 2.62
30.43 -92.03
JEANERETTE 5 NW IBERIA JENL1 4.00
29.95 -91.72
JENNINGS JEFFERSON DAVIS JNNL1 4.63
30.20 -92.67
LAFAYETTE LA LAFAYETTE LFYL1 3.01
30.21 -91.99
LAKE ARTHUR 10 SW LA JEFFERSON DAVIS LWRL1 5.47
30.00 -92.80
LAKE CHARLES 2 N LA CALCASIEU LCHL1 2.68
30.25 -93.22
LAKE CHARLES 7 NW LA CALCASIEU LCRL1 3.45
30.3 -93.27
LEESVILLE LA VERNON LEEL1 2.65
31.13 -93.25
LSU DEAN LEE LA RAPIDES LSUL1 3.31
31.18 -92.40
MORGAN CITY LA SAINT MARY MRCL1 1.40
29.68 -91.18
MOSS BLUFF LA CALCASIEU MBFL1 3.53
30.30 -93.22
OBERLIN FIRE TOWER LA ALLEN OBEL1 2.36
30.60 -92.78
OPELOUSAS LA SAINT LANDRY OPLL1 2.18
30.48 -92.07
PORT OF LAKE CHARLES LA CALCASIEU LKCL1 3.24
30.22 -93.25
RED RIVER LOCK #2 RAPIDES RRBL1 2.01
31.18 -92.30
ROSEPINE RESEARCH STATION VERNON ROSL1 3.99
30.95 -93.28
SAINT MARTINVILLE 3 SW LA SAINT MARTIN SMVL1 2.82
30.10 -91.88
BEAUMONT TX JEFFERSON BEAT2 6.58
30.1 -94.1
LUMBERTON TX HARDIN LLBT2 3.32
30.25 -94.17
ORANGE 9 N TX ORANGE ORET2 5.24
30.23 -93.73
SILSBEE 4 N TX HARDIN SLBT2 2.15
30.40 -94.20
WILDWOOD TX TYLER WWDT2 0.22
30.53 -94.45
UNOFFICIAL STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0600 UTC SEPTEMBER 11 UNTIL
0559 UTC SEPTEMBER 14 2007
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL
LAT LON (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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HAMSHIRE 5 SW TX JEFFERSON 5250 10.71
29.80 -94.36
FANNETT 2 SW TX JEFFERSON 5600 9.18
29.90 -94.27
HAMSHIRE 5 SSW TX JEFFERSON 7200 9.02
29.79 -94.33
SABINE PASS 3 NW TX JEFFERSON 7300 8.74
29.76 -93.94
SEA RIM STATE PARK 6 NW TX JEFFERSON 6700 8.62
29.77 -94.10
SEA RIM STATE PARK 1 SE TX JEFFERSON 7600 8.54
29.68 -94.03
FANNETT 2 NE TX JEFFERSON 3200 8.39
29.94 -94.23
SEA RIM STATE PARK 8 W TX JEFFERSON 8000 8.35
29.69 -94.18
SEA RIM STATE PARK 9 NW TX JEFFERSON 6500 8.27
29.77 -94.17
HAMSHIRE 2 WSW TX JEFFERSON 7100 8.19
29.85 -94.35
SEA RIM STATE PARK 2 W TX JEFFERSON 7800 8.07
29.69 -94.08
BEAUMONT 2 SE TX JEFFERSON 2400 7.96
30.06 -94.12
BEAUMONT 3 S TX JEFFERSON 2300 7.75
30.04 -94.15
SEA RIM STATE PARK 7 W TX JEFFERSON 7900 7.67
29.69 -94.16
BEAUMONT 6 SE TX JEFFERSON 2500 7.64
30.03 -94.08
HAMSHIRE 5 SE TX JEFFERSON 7000 7.52
29.81 -94.26
REMARKS: JEFFERSON COUNTY TX DRAINAGE DISTRICT #6 RAIN GAGES. ONLY
RAINFALL TOTALS ABOVE 7.5 INCHES WERE INCLUDED.
D. INLAND FLOODING...
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RIVER FLOODING...
RIVER POINT CREST DATE/TIME FS
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SABINE RIVER-DEWEYVILLE 24.22 FT 18/0900Z 24.00 FT
30.30 -93.74
CALCASIEU RIVER-SALT WATER BARRIER 4.18 FT 13/1702Z 4.00 FT
30.25 -93.22
CALCASIEU RIVER-OLD TOWN BAY 4.50 FT 13/1835Z 4.00 FT
30.29 -93.14
VERMILION RIVER-SURREY ST LAFAYETTE 10.94 FT 13/2045Z 10.00 FT
30.21 -91.99
VERMILION RIVER-PERRY LA 9.01 FT 14/0045Z 9.00 FT
29.95 -92.15
VERMILION RIVER-BROUSSARD 9.19 FT 13/2030Z 7.00 FT
30.14 -92.07
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JEFFERSON COUNTY...WIDESPREAD FRESH WATER FLOODING OCCURRED.
UNDERPASSES IN PORT ARTHUR WERE FLOODED. AT LEAST 20 HOMES IN
BEAUMONT HAD FLOOD WATERS ENTER THEM. RURAL AREAS IN THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...SUCH AS HAMSHIRE AND FANNETT...HAD FLOOD
WATERS ENTER SOME HOMES AND COVER AREA ROADWAYS.
ORANGE COUNTY...WIDESPREAD FRESH WATER FLOODING OCCURRED. THE
SERVICE ROAD ALONG I-10 NEAR VIDOR WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE
HIGHWAY 105 UNDERPASS IN VIDOR WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
CALCASIEU PARISH...MINOR FRESH WATER FLOODING OCCURRED ON ROADWAYS
IN WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH...INCLUDING THE VINTON AND STARKS AREAS.
BEAUREGARD PARISH...WIDESPREAD FRESH WATER FLOODING OCCURRED IN
DERIDDER. SOME HOMES IN DERIDDER SAW FLOOD WATERS ENTER THEM. US
HIGHWAY 171 WAS CLOSED IN FRONT OF WAL-MART AND MOTORISTS BECAME
STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. OTHER FLOODED ROADWAYS INCLUDED LA HIGHWAY
110 IN SINGER AND LA HIGHWAY 109 IN FIELDS.
LAFAYETTE PARISH...YOUNGSVILLE AND CARENCRO SAW SOME FRESH WATER
FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS AND YARDS.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH...SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED NEAR CANKTON DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
REMARKS: NONE
E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING "G"
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COUNTY/ CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE BEACH
PARISH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION
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JEFFERSON G SABINE PASS NORTH TX 2.60 4.07 13/0812 MINOR
JEFFERSON PORT ARTHUR TX 2.82 3.48 13/0918
JEFFERSON G RAINBOW BRIDGE TX 2.82 3.43 13/0948
CALCASIEU G CALCASIEU PASS LA 2.17 4.02 13/0848 MINOR
CALCASIEU G LAKE CHARLES LA 2.03 2.96 13/1424
ST MARY G CYPREMORT POINT LA 2.13 3.17 13/1300 NONE
JEFFERSON TEXAS POINT TX TCOON N/A 4.87 13/0800 MINOR
REMARKS: SURGE AND TOTAL TIDE VALUES ARE IN MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY/ DATE/ EF SCALE
LAT LON(DEG DECIMAL) PARISH TIME(UGC) (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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5 E GUEYDAN VERMILION 13/0918 EF1
30.02 -92.41
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAREE MICHEL
ROAD AND MERIDIAN LINE ROAD. ONE SMALL WOOD FRAMED HOME WAS KNOCKED
OFF ITS PILINGS AND HAD THE ROOF COMPLETELY TORN OFF. THREE PEOPLE
INSIDE THE HOME ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES.
REMARKS: NONE.
G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY/PARISH DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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JEFFERSON 0 12 0
OVER 120,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER IN JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES.
AT LEAST 50 HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
THREE OIL REFINERIES IN THE PORT ARTHUR AREA LOST POWER DURING THE
HURRICANE. THESE THREE REFINERIES PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 850,000
BARRELS OF OIL A DAY.
ONE LARGE STORAGE TANK UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT A NEW LNG FACILITY IN
SABINE PASS WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN GROVES HAD THE ROOF COME OFF 12 UNITS.
THE US COAST GUARD HAD TO RESCUE A 65 YEAR OLD MAN ON A SAILBOAT
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (0930Z OR 430 AM). HE WAS ATTEMPTING
TO SAIL THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY FROM CORTEZ FLORIDA TO CORPUS
CHRISTI TEXAS. HE WAS RESCUED VIA HELICOPTER NEAR TAYLORS BAYOU.
SEVERAL HOUSE FIRES OCCURRED DURING THE HURRICANE.
WIND DAMAGE WAS MOST SEVERE IN WESTERN AREAS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
AROUND HAMSHIRE...AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING
SABINE PASS...PORT ARTHUR...PORT NECHES...GROVES...AND NEDERLAND.
THIS CONSISTED OF SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN...AND
SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE.
THE 12 INJURIES INCLUDED SNAKE BITES...CUTS...BRUISES...AND BROKEN
BONES.
ORANGE 1 0 0
IN BRIDGE CITY...AN 80 YEAR OLD MAN DIED WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE TO
CHECK ON HIS BACKYARD AND HIS CARPORT COLLAPSED ON HIM.
MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. SOME HOMES
RECEIVED DAMAGE WHEN TREES FELL ON THEM.
A LAW FIRM IN ORANGE WAS DESTROYED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FROM A
FIRE.
CAMERON 0 0 0
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OCCURRED FROM HOLLY BEACH TO JOHNSON BAYOU.
DOWNTOWN CAMERON ALSO HAD SOME WATER ACROSS MAIN STREET.
SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED WERE
REPORTED IN THE JOHNSON BAYOU AREA. POWER POLES WERE ALSO KNOCKED
DOWN NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER.
CALCASIEU 0 0 0
AROUND 13,000 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER WAS OPENED AS A SHELTER WEDNESDAY
(13TH) NIGHT. 29 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. THE SHELTER CLOSED THURSDAY
(14TH) EVENING.
WIND DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE PARISH...FROM
VINTON TO STARKS...BUT DID EXTEND TO THE NORTH AROUND DEQUINCY. THE
WIND DAMAGE WAS MAINLY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
VERMILION 0 0 0
NO DAMAGES WERE REPORTED.
BEAUREGARD 0 0 0
MINOR WIND DAMAGE OF TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE PARISH.
FLOODING WAS A MORE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE DERIDDER
AREA WHERE MOTORISTS BECAME STRANDED IN HIGH WATER.
&&
LANDRENEAU/SHAMBURGER/ERICKSON/RUA
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