Preliminary Church Point Tornado Rated EF-3 150 mph

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The public information statement is available for the Richard / Church Point tornado. This information is preliminary and subject to change.

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/17/20 TORNADO EVENTS...

.RICHARD/CHURCH POINT TORNADO...

RATING: EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 150 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 1
INJURIES: 9

START DATE: MAY 17 2020
START TIME: 8:34 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NW CHURCH POINT / ACADIA / LA
START LAT/LON: 30.4597 / -92.2678

END DATE: MAY 17 2020
END TIME: 8:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW CHURCH POINT / ACADIA / LA
END_LAT/LON: 30.4176 / -92.2234

SURVEY SUMMARY: AN EF-3 TORNADO WAS DOCUMENTED IN PARTS OF
ACADIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. IT BEGAN NEAR GOBERT RD AND
PITREVILLE HWY, AND CROSSED GRAND MARAIS RD, PRUDENCE HWY,
ST. MARGARET RD, LAWTELL HWY, AND N BEAUGH ST. ONE HOME WAS
PICKED UP OFF ITS PILINGS AND THROWN 50 YARDS TO ITS SOUTH,
DESTROYING THE HOME. THREE PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. ONE PERSON WAS
KILLED, AND THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH
SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. NEARBY, 4 MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED.
TWO WERE FLIPPED IN THE AIR AND SEPERATED FROM THE FRAME,
ANOTHER ONE ROLLED OVER ON TOP OF AN SUV, AND THE FOURTH WAS
PULLED OFF ITS BLOCKS AND HAD SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
TWO GRAIN DRYERS WERE DESTROYED AT A FARM, AND AN 18 WHEELER
USED TO TRANSPORT CROPS WAS PICKED UP AND FLIPPED ONTO THE
ROAD. THE TORNADO ENDED ON THE CITY LIMITS OF CHURCH POINT
WHERE A LARGE TREE FELL ON A HOME.