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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013

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

0830 PM     TORNADO          N MATHEWS               29.69N 90.56W
02/24/2013                   LAFOURCHE          LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE MATHEWS AREA AND MOVED
            NORTHEAST ON AN INTERMITTENT PATH TO NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 90 AND LA 308. A FEW HOUSE
            CANOPIES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH ROOF AND FASCIA DAMAGE
            TO A FEW STRUCTURES. FENCING WAS KNOCKED DOWN AT THE HIGH
            SCHOOLS AND HVAC UNIT WAS BLOWN OFF OF A SMALL BUILDING.
            SEVERAL POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWNED
            ON US HIGHWAY 90. PATH LENGTH 2.0 MILES AND WIDTH 25
            YARDS. EF0 RATING WITH MAX WIND 85 MPH.

0441 PM     TORNADO          1 SE HOUMA              29.57N 90.69W
02/25/2013  F1               TERREBONNE         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON AN INTERMITTENT PATH FROM
            MAIN PORT RD...JUST OF INDUSTRIAL RD...EXTENDING
            NORTHEAST TO THE INTERSCTION OF GRAND CAILLOU RD AND
            INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD. SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT
            AND SMALL CAR TURNED OVER ON MAIN PORT RD. SEVERAL
            WINDOWS BROKEN AT CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER ALONG WITH
            SEVERAL VEHICLE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. TWO SERVICE STATIONS
            ON GRAND CAILLOU RD HAD CANOPIES DAMAGED. DAMAGE PATH 1.0
            MILE. WIDTH 30 YARDS. MAXIMUM WIND 95 MPH.


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