One of the most widespread severe weather events across Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas in many years affected the area between 1 AM CDT and 9 AM CDT on Thursday, May 15, 2008.  Tornadoes and wind damage were reported in numerous locations, with the most significant damage across South-Central Louisiana around the Lafayette Metropolitan area.

As of May 20, 2008, a total of 9 tornadoes have been confirmed across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.  This makes the May 15th event the biggest tornado outbreak across the region since October 16, 2006.

Information on this damaging severe weather event continues to be gathered, and all information on this page should be considered preliminary.

TORNADOES

#2 - Shear Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  415 AM
LOCATION:  7 miles west-southwest of De Ridder, LA		PARISH:  Beauregard
RATING:  EF1
PATH LENGTH: 5 miles		PATH WIDTH: 50 yards
DAMAGE:  EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PERSHING LOFTIN ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF SHEAR AND ENDED NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD. MOST OF THE PATH WAS RATED EF0 WITH THE MAIN DAMAGE TO TREES.  ONE BARN HAD PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE HOME ON PINE RIDGE ROAD LOST NUMEROUS SHINGLES. NEAR THE END OF THE PATH ON WILLIE HARGROVE ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED (EF1) WITH TWO MINOR INJURIES.

#5 - Maurice/Scott Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  615 AM to 630 AM
LOCATION:  4 miles west of Maurice, LA                     to 5 miles southwest of Lafayette, LA		PARISH:  Vermilion/Lafayette
RATING:  EF2
PATH LENGTH: 9 miles		PATH WIDTH: 200 yards
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:  613 AM		LEAD TIME:  2 to 17 minutes
DAMAGE:  TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 92 AND HIGHWAY 343...AND ENDED 1 W OF MALL OF ACADIANA NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST BROUSSARD RD AND DUHON RD. DAMAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF PATH INCLUDES A MOBILE HOME ON CINDER BLOCKS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF AND DESTROYED...AND A NEIGHBORING HOUSE MOVED ABOUT 5 FEET OFF FOUNDATION. DEBRIS FROM THE DESTROYED MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN NORTHEAST ACROSS SEVERAL FIELDS.  THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST INTO THE ADOLA SUBDIVISION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES.  IT CROSSED NEAR THE ODESSA RD AND SELLERS RD INTERSECTION CONTINUING TO BLOW DOWN TREES AND CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES.  ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS RATED EF0. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE HIGHWAY 724 AND BREAUX RD INTERSECTION IT WIDENED AND STRENGTHENED CAUSING EF1 TO LOW-END EF2 DAMAGE.  ONE HOME ON DECOULET AVE HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF...CAUSING SOME OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS TO COLLAPSE. 2 PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.  A NEARBY HOME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY DEBRIS FROM THIS HOME...WITH OTHER HOMES RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE.  NUMEROUS TREES...POWER LINES...AND FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE AREA. THE TORNADO CROSSED BROUSSARD RD AND TURNED EASTWARD...WITH CONTINUED MINOR ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE END OF THE PATH. THE EAST WALL OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON HUVAL RD COLLAPSED. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 167 AND THE MALL OF ACADIANA.

#6 - River Ranch Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  635 AM
LOCATION:  4 miles south-southwest of Lafayette, LA		PARISH:  Lafayette
RATING:  EF0
PATH LENGTH: 1/2 miles		PATH WIDTH: 25 yards
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:  613 AM		LEAD TIME:  22 minutes
DAMAGE:  TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PARKWAY AND KALISTE SALOOM RD IN LAFAYETTE...THEN MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BEAULLIEU PLACE AND RIVER RANCH SUBDIVISIONS. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ROOFS OF SOME HOMES WITH SCATTERED TREES BLOWN DOWN AND DAMAGED.

#7 - Theall Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  635 AM
LOCATION:  8 miles southwest of Abbeville, LA		PARISH:  Vermilion
RATING:  EF0
PATH LENGTH: 7 miles		PATH WIDTH: 50 yards
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:  638 AM		LEAD TIME:  0 to 6 minutes
DAMAGE:  TORNADO BEGAN IN THE COMMUNITY OF THEALL AND MOVED EAST...CROSSING HIGHWAY 82 AT THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 690.  THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 690...WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH AND SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES NOTED.  THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST AND STRUCK THE GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD NORTH OF THE BANCKER COMMUNITY...CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS...THEN LIFTED NEAR THE VERMILION RIVER.

#8 - Oil Center Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  640 AM
LOCATION:  1 mile south of Lafayette, LA		PARISH:  Lafayette
RATING:  EF1
PATH LENGTH: 1 mile		PATH WIDTH: 100 yards
TORNADO WARNING ISSUED:  613 AM		LEAD TIME:  27 minutes
DAMAGE:  AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 640 AM IN AND AROUND THE OIL CENTER REGION OF LAFAYETTE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND DEBRIS FROM THE ROOFS KNOCKED OUT SOME WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS. TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ONE MILE BUT WAS 100 YARDS WIDE.

#9 - Breaux Bridge Tornado
DATE:  5/15/08		TIME:  645 AM
LOCATION:  Breaux Bridge, LA		PARISH:  St. Martin
RATING:  EF1
PATH LENGTH: 5 miles		PATH WIDTH: 50 yards
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED:  629 AM
DAMAGE:  THIS TORNADO TOOK A HIGHLY UNUSUAL NORTH TO SOUTH PATH THEN TURNED SOUTHEAST. TORNADO FORMED IN THE NORTHERN END OF A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...ALSO KNOWN AS A BOOKEND VORTEX OR COMMA HEAD. THE TORNADO BEGAN AT INTERSTATE 10 BEHIND WALMART...AND MOVED SOUTHWARD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES IN A MOBILE HOME PARK EAST OF HIGHWAY 328. THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS HIGHWAY 328 AND DAMAGED SEVERAL BUSINESSES...THEN CROSSED MILLS AVENUE (HIGHWAY 94) CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO A STATE FARM INSURANCE OFFICE. THE ROOF WAS PARTLY RIPPED OFF...COLLAPSING THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING. AN AUTOZONE BUILDING NEXT TO STATE FARM HAD MINOR ROOF AND WALL DAMAGE. DEBRIS WAS ALSO STREWN ACROSS MILLS AVENUE AND DAMAGED CARS AND BUILDINGS IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTH...CROSSING HIGHWAY 31...DAMAGING TREES AND CAUSING OCCASIONAL MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES IN DOWNTOWN BREAUX BRIDGE. THE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 31 AGAIN...WITH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN OR DAMAGED IN THIS AREA.  THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HUVAL ROAD AND POYDRAS HIGHWAY. NEAR THE END OF PATH...ONE HOME WAS KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION CAUSING A MINOR INJURY TO ONE PERSON INSIDE. IN TOTAL...3 HOMES AND 3 BUSINESSES WERE DESTROYED...4 OTHER HOMES AND 4 OTHER BUSINESSES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED...AND 33 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

REPORTS VALID FROM 7 AM CDT 5/14/08 TO 7 AM CDT 5/15/08	REPORTS VALID FROM 7 AM CDT 5/15/08 TO 7 AM CDT 5/16/08

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
355 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0152 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 S SEA RIM STATE PARK  29.67N 94.05W
05/15/2008  M55.00 MPH       GMZ450             TX   BUOY

            MEASURED WIND GUST TO 48 KNOTS.

0218 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 E SABINE PASS         29.73N 93.87W
05/15/2008  M41.00 MPH       GMZ450             LA   BUOY

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E CHESTER             30.92N 94.54W
05/15/2008                   TYLER              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR FM 1745. REPORTED BY TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF
            OFFICE. TIME ESTIMATED.

0310 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BROOKELAND              31.13N 93.99W
05/15/2008                   JASPER             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0400 AM     TORNADO          3 SE BUNA               30.41N 93.93W
05/15/2008  F0               JASPER             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EF0 TORNADO BLEW A ROOF OFF A BARN AND DOWNED TREES ALONG
            CAILLIER LOOP. PATH LENGTH OF 1/4 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF
            25 YARDS.

0415 AM     TORNADO          7 WSW DERIDDER          30.81N 93.40W
05/15/2008  F1               BEAUREGARD         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 2 INJ *** EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PERSHING LOFTIN
            ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF SHEAR AND
            ENDED NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD. MAIN DAMAGE WAS TO TREES WITH
            ONE BARN HAVING PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE HOME ON PINE
            RIDGE ROAD LOSING NUMEROUS SHINGLES. NEAR THE END OF THE
            PATH ON WILLIE HARGROVE ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE
            BLOWN DOWN AND ONE TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED
            WITH TWO MINOR INJURIES. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH
            WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

0420 AM     TSTM WND DMG     STARKS                  30.32N 93.66W
05/15/2008                   CALCASIEU          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN STARKS. REPORTED BY
            CALCASIEU PARISH 911 CENTER.

0425 AM     TORNADO          7 SSE DERIDDER          30.75N 93.25W
05/15/2008  F0               BEAUREGARD         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO BLEW DOWN AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES ALONG
            HIGHWAY 171 SOUTH OF DERIDDER. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE
            AND PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS.

0429 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FLATWOODS               31.40N 92.87W
05/15/2008                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
            PARISH.

0430 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SLAGLE                  31.20N 93.13W
05/15/2008                   VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH.

0435 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DEWEYVILLE              30.31N 93.76W
05/15/2008                   NEWTON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY NEWTON
            COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

0441 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N DEQUINCY            30.46N 93.44W
05/15/2008                   CALCASIEU          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 27 JUST NORTH OF DEQUINCY. REPORTED
            BY DEQUINCY PD.

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SULPHUR                 30.23N 93.36W
05/15/2008                   CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.

0457 AM     TSTM WND DMG     W ALEXANDRIA            31.29N 92.46W
05/15/2008                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE
            OF ALEXANDRIA.

0500 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKDALE                 30.82N 92.66W
05/15/2008                   ALLEN              LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN IN OAKDALE WITH POWER OUTAGES IN
            TOWN.

0505 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW MOSS BLUFF         30.32N 93.23W
05/15/2008                   CALCASIEU          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE BLOWN DOWN AND CRUSHED A SERVICE TRAILER. REPORTED
            BY KPLC-TV.

0510 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KINDER                  30.49N 92.85W
05/15/2008                   ALLEN              LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY KPLC-TV.

0510 AM     TSTM WND GST     6 S LAKE CHARLES        30.12N 93.20W
05/15/2008  M52.00 MPH       CALCASIEU          LA   MESONET

            MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES LSU AG CENTER.

0512 AM     TSTM WND GST     7 S LAKE CHARLES        30.11N 93.20W
05/15/2008  M50.00 MPH       CALCASIEU          LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            50 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
            AIRPORT ASOS.

0520 AM     TORNADO          4 SW GUEYDAN            29.99N 92.56W
05/15/2008  F0               VERMILION          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND BLEW DOWN
            ONE BARN ON RAOUL ROAD. PATH LENGTH 1/4 MILE. PATH WIDTH
            25 YARDS.

0534 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DEVILLE                 31.35N 92.16W
05/15/2008                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME TREES
            FALLING ON HOMES.

0605 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHURCH POINT            30.40N 92.21W
05/15/2008                   ACADIA             LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A SHED WAS BLOWN INTO A HOUSE AND DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
            KATC-TV.

0615 AM     TSTM WND GST     13 S RUTHERFORD BEACH   29.59N 93.15W
05/15/2008  E45.00 MPH       GMZ452             LA   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY PLATFORM IN WEST CAMERON BLOCK 71.

0615 AM     TORNADO          4 W MAURICE             30.11N 92.19W
05/15/2008  F0               VERMILION          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A TORNADO BEGAN SW OF HWY 92/HWY 343 INTERSECTION AND
            MOVED NORTHEAST. MOBILE HOME ON BLOCKS DESTROYED AND
            HOUSE MOVED OFF FOUNDATION NEAR START OF PATH. MINOR
            DAMAGE TO HOMES IN ADOLA SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL TREES AND
            POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. ONLY EF0 DAMAGE NOTED IN
            VERMILION PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LAFAYETTE
            PARISH.

0618 AM     TORNADO          7 SSW SCOTT             30.14N 92.14W
05/15/2008  F2               LAFAYETTE          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN WEST OF
            MAURICE IN VERMILION PARISH. TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
            WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES NOTED. THE TORNADO
            STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED HWY 724/BREAUX RD CAUSING
            EF1/LOW-END EF2 DAMAGE. ONE HOME HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETELY
            BLOWN OFF WITH OTHER HOMES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE
            TORNADO LIFTED 1 MILE WEST OF THE MALL OF ACADIANA AT 630
            AM. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 9 MILES AND PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS.

0625 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KAPLAN                  30.00N 92.28W
05/15/2008                   VERMILION          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            SEVERAL TREES INCLUDING LARGE OAK TREES BLOWN DOWN IN AND
            AROUND KAPLAN.

0630 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S KAPLAN              29.99N 92.28W
05/15/2008                   VERMILION          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIDING AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOME. WINDOWS BROKEN.
            SPOTTER MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH.

0632 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE KAPLAN             29.98N 92.26W
05/15/2008                   VERMILION          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME ON JUDGE DOUCET ROAD. REPORTED BY
            VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.

0635 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E KAPLAN              30.00N 92.25W
05/15/2008                   VERMILION          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BACKYARD PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BLOWN DOWN AT RESIDENCE IN
            NUNEZ. REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.

0635 AM     TSTM WND DMG     INTRACOASTAL CITY       29.78N 92.16W
05/15/2008                   VERMILION          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOTEL IN INTRACOASTAL CITY.
            REPORTED BY VERMILION PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.

0635 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW SCOTT              30.26N 92.11W
05/15/2008                   LAFAYETTE          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER POLE PULLED OUT OF GROUND NEAR INTERSECTION OF
            INTERSTATE 10 AND HIGHWAY 724.

0635 AM     TORNADO          8 SW ABBEVILLE          29.89N 92.22W
05/15/2008  F0               VERMILION          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO BEGAN IN THE THEALL COMMUNITY AND MOVED EAST
            CROSSING THE HWY 82/HWY 690 INTERSECTION. TORNADO THEN
            MOVED EAST ALONG HWY 690 AND STRUCK THE GRAND ISLE
            SHIPYARD NORTH OF THE BANCKER COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES
            WERE BLOWN DOWN AND DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH...WITH MINOR
            DAMAGE TO HOMES AND THE SHIPYARD. PATH LENGTH 7 MILES AND
            PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

0635 AM     TORNADO          4 SSW LAFAYETTE         30.16N 92.05W
05/15/2008  F0               LAFAYETTE          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY
            PKWY/SETTLERS TRACE BLVD INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE AND
            MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BEAULLIEU PLACE AND RIVER
            RANCH SUBDIVISIONS. SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH
            MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES. PATH LENGTH OF 1/2 MILE AND
            PATH WIDTH OF 25 YARDS.

0638 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAFAYETTE               30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008                   LAFAYETTE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
            PARTS OF TIN ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BUILDINGS.

0640 AM     TORNADO          1 S LAFAYETTE           30.20N 92.03W
05/15/2008  F1               LAFAYETTE          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            EF1 TORNADO BEGAN SW OF COLLEGE RD/BENDEL RD INTERSECTION
            AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS OIL CENTER AREA OF LAFAYETTE.
            SEVERAL BUILDINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WITH DEBRIS
            FROM ROOFS KNOCKING OUT WINDOWS IN NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
            TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED WITH SOME TREES FALLING
            ON CARS. TORNADO LIFTED NE OF PINHOOK RD/UNIVERSITY AVE
            INTERSECTION. PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 100
            YARDS.

0642 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 SE LAFAYETTE          30.19N 92.01W
05/15/2008  M51.00 MPH       LAFAYETTE          LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            51 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT
            ASOS.

0645 AM     TORNADO          BREAUX BRIDGE           30.28N 91.90W
05/15/2008  F1               ST. MARTIN         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            *** 1 INJ *** EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ALONG I-10 NEAR THE
            WALMART AND MOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE CITY. SEVERAL HOMES
            AND BUSINESSES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ALONG HWY 328
            AND HWY 94 WITH TREES DOWNED. TORNADO CROSSED HWY 31 AND
            TURNED SOUTHEAST WITH CONTINUED DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
            TREES. TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST AND AGAIN CROSSED HWY
            31 WITH MORE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND TREES. ONE MINOR INJURY
            OCCURRED WHEN HOME SHIFTED OFF FOUNDATION NEAR END OF
            PATH ALONG HUVAL RD. PATH LENGTH OF 5 MILES AND PATH
            WIDTH OF 50 YARDS.

0653 AM     TSTM WND GST     LAFAYETTE               30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008  E55.00 MPH       LAFAYETTE          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL SPOTTERS REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH IN
            LAFAYETTE.

0700 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE LOREAUVILLE       30.05N 91.73W
05/15/2008                   IBERIA             LA   NEWSPAPER

            TREE DOWN ON HOME. REPORTED BY DAILY IBERIAN.

0705 AM     TSTM WND GST     BREAUX BRIDGE           30.28N 91.90W
05/15/2008  E65.00 MPH       ST. MARTIN         LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS WINDS OF 60 TO 65 MPH ON
            INTERSTATE 10.

0714 AM     FLOOD            LAFAYETTE               30.22N 92.03W
05/15/2008                   LAFAYETTE          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN
            LAFAYETTE.

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                29.80N 91.51W
05/15/2008                   ST. MARY           LA   NEWSPAPER

            TREE DOWN ON HOME. REPORTED BY MORGAN CITY DAILY REVIEW.

0741 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 13 S PATTERSON          29.51N 91.33W
05/15/2008  M45.00 MPH       ST. MARY           LA   ASOS

            REPORTED FROM ASOS SITE P92.

0745 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 15 S BURNS POINT        29.36N 91.50W
05/15/2008  E55.00 MPH       GMZ455             LA   PUBLIC

            PLATFORM IN EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 18 REPORTS WINDS 50-60
            MPH...ENOUGH TO SCOUR RUST OFF HELIPAD.

0800 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MORGAN CITY             29.70N 91.19W
05/15/2008                   ST. MARY           LA   NEWSPAPER

            TREE FELL ON CAR CRUSHING FRONT END OF VEHICLE. REPORTED
            BY MORGAN CITY DAILY REVIEW.

0800 AM     FLOOD            LAKE CHARLES            30.21N 93.20W
05/15/2008                   CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SOME STREET FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN LAKE CHARLES.