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THE NOVEMBER 23, 2004 TORNADO OUTBREAK

Sam Shamburger & Roger Erickson*

National Weather Service Forecast Office
Lake Charles, Louisiana

FORT POLK TORNADO

Time	Lead Time	Parish	Path Length	Path Width	F-Scale
7:20 PM	5 Minutes	Vernon	3.0 miles	200 yards	1

The fourth tornado from Supercell C damaged trees and power lines on the north side of Fort Polk.

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