Severe Weather Survey

Severe Weather Affects Southeast Louisiana and Coastal Mississippi

National Weather Service survey teams assessed the damage from a round of severe storms during the early morning hours on March 26, 2009. The following are the results from the surveys across Southeast Louisiana and Coastal Mississippi. Pictures and Track Maps will be updated in the coming days.

...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH...

TIME OF EVENT: 158 AM THROUGH 203 AM 3/26/09
BEGINNING POINT: 2 MILES E INDEPENDENCE
ENDING POINT: 2.75 MILES ENE INDEPENDENCE
RATING: EF1 MAXIMUM WINDS 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 0.75 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CONFIRMED 7 HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND 1 MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. 1 TRAILER HEAVILY DAMAGED. IN ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 40 AND SCHOOL ROAD.

...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ST TAMMANY PARISH...

TIME OF EVENT: 343 AM THROUGH 343 AM 3/26/09
BEGINNING POINT: 2 MILES SSE SLIDELL
ENDING POINT: 2 MILES SSE SLIDELL
RATING: EF0 MAXIMUM WINDS 65 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 250 YARDS
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY: VERY WEAK TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THE SPRINGHILL SUBDIVISION WITH ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND YARD ITEMS BLOWN AROUND. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON ADMIRAL NELSON ROAD.

...EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN JACKSON COUNTY...

TIME OF EVENT: 533 AM THROUGH 534 AM 3/26/09
BEGINNING POINT: PASCAGOULA
ENDING POINT: PASCAGOULA
RATING: EF0 MAXIMUM WINDS 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH: 250 YARDS
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM GOT BACK ON LAND. IT TRAVELED TO THE EAST CAUSING THE MOST DAMAGE AROUND TUCKER AND 8TH STREET AT PASCAGOULA HIGH SCHOOL. THE SCORE BOARD ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WAS BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS FENCES WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED ACROSS THE SCHOOL. THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD PAUL HARVEY ROAD AND TAYLOR STREET CAUSING LIGHT DAMAGE TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS...MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AND BRINGING DOWN SEVERAL TREES. ALSO A TRAMPOLINE WAS BLOWN ONTO A VAN.

...SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN THE BATON ROUGE METRO...

TIME OF EVENT: 105 AM THROUGH 117 AM 3/26/09
MAXIMUM WINDS: 80 MPH
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SUMMARY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CONFIRMED THAT A BOW ECHO DEVELOPED AS THE SQUALL LINE APPROACHED EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. IT CROSSED THE RIVER AROUND 105AM CST AND PROCEEDED THROUGH THE PARISH INTO LIVINGSTON PARISH. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ACROSS THE LSU CAMPUS EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHDOWNS AND TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION OF AIRLINE AND OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAYS. ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER POLES SCATTERED COMMERCIAL SIGNS ALONG PERKINS ROAD WERE BLOWN DOWN. SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LSU FOOTBALL INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY.