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Visible Satellite 23:15Z on 2011-03-08. Satellite images are derived from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University.

Tornado Reports

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22:10Z EF0 KFWS TX Lamar High A survey team found damage associated with an EF-0 tornado southwest of the town of Brookston. The tornado path was non-continuous and was estimated to be near 4 miles long with a maximum width of 60 yards. The maximum wind speed were estimated to be 70 mph. The tornado began near the intersection of County Roads 26702 and 25780. From there is traveled east-northeast before dissipating just to the east of FM 38. One barn was damaged.
23:15Z EF1 KSHV TX Red River Bagwell The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Red River County, Texas, and concluded that storm damage was the result of an EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down at around 515 pm CST, approximately 8 miles west of Clarksville, Texas, along U.S. Hwy. 82 where it knocked down several small trees. The tornado tracked east-northeast crossing CR 2123 where it damaged several trees. It then crossed CR 2161 northwest of Clarksville damaging trees along the road. The damage up to CR 2161 was all EF0. Once the tornado reached the north side of Clarksville, it intensified and widened to its widest point. The tornado crossed through a neighborhood north of Clarksville on the west side of Hwy. 37 where approximately a dozen homes sustained minor damage to their roofs, awnings, or carports. Numerous trees were snapped or damaged as well. Just north of the neighborhood at a business, a FEMA trailer was completely destroyed with insulation and pieces of the trailer strewn northeast and east. On the east side of Hwy. 37, numerous powerpoles were snapped, a semi tractor trailer was overturned onto a small pickup, and a home sustained moderate damage to the roof. The tornado continued east-northeast crossing FM 1159 and CR 1700. The tornado continued east, north of CR 1700, damaging trees before lifting east of CR 3202. The tornado was on the ground for nearly 11 miles and a total of approximately 20 minutes. Maximum winds were estimated at 80-90 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 225 yards wide.
00:47Z EF1 KLCH LA Rapides Moreland NWS Storm Survey found a tornado touched down at a farm along Jenkins Road, destroying an RV trailer, two barns, and several pieces of farm equipment. Metal debris was thrown for over 1 mile to the northeast across fields on both sides of US Highway 71. Several unsecured gazebos were damaged along Highway 71, and a few trees were blown down along Bayou Teche. A house suffered roof and awning damage on Old Baton Rouge Highway, and debris from the home was blown hundreds of yards across farm fields to the northeast. Several more trees were blown down before the tornado ended.
02:57Z EF1 KLCH LA Rapides (01r)afb Gnry Rng Al NWS Storm Survey found an EF1 tornado touched down in Kisatchie National Forest. Many trees were uprooted and snapped which blocked several forestry roads.
03:30Z EF0 KLCH LA Rapides Libuse NWS Storm Survey found an EF0 tornado began along Highway 3128 south of Libuse before ending northeast of the community. A few trees were blown down along Highway 3128 and in the far eastern portion of the Whispering Pines subdivison. Numerous trees were blown down around a home on Happy Acres Drive, with one tree falling onto and destroying an outbuilding. More trees were blown down along Philadelphia Road. Crossing Highway 28, the tornado blew down several more trees, with one falling onto and crushing a mobile home. An awning on a nearby home was also destroyed. More trees were blown down on Libuse Cutoff Road before the tornado lifted.
07:08Z EF1 KDGX MS Hinds Utica Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path, and damage occurred to the roof of a home and a shed. A mobile home was pushed off of its blocks and the porch was blown over the mobile home. Two sheds were destroyed and damage occurred to a baseball field fence. Maximum winds were around 95 mph.
07:34Z EF2 KDGX MS Hinds Terry The tornado first touched down along Lebanon-Pinegrove Road and then tracked north-northeast following a path along Terry Road. Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped in a convergent pattern and several sheds and a carport were damaged or destroyed. Some of the trees fell across a power line bringing the line and a power pole down. Several houses sustained minor damage and one well built brick house had significant damage to the roof. At the same location where the significant roof damage occurred, a steel gate was torn from its hinges and heavy metal fencing was blown down. Maximum winds were around 115 mph.
10:50Z EF1 KLIX LA St. Tammany Lacombe A tornado touched down just south of Interstate 12 and west of Louisiana Highway 434, crossed the interstate, and then impacted Fairhope Subdivision. Windows were blown out and garage door, roof and brick veneer damage noted. Intermittent EF0 damage was observed, with very spotty EF1 damage continuing to the northeast, crossing Louisiana Highway 36, Louisiana Highway 41, and ending on the west bank of the Pearl River. Estimated wind speed was 95 to 100 mph.
11:25Z EF1 KLIX MS Pearl River Nicholson A NWS Storm Survey has determined that damage in the Picayune area was a confirmed EF1 tornado with a path length of 3 miles and path width of 100 yards. This tornado was either the same tornado or formed from the same meso cyclone that produced damage earlier in St Tammany Parish before it crossed the large Pearl River Basin swamp. The track started with mostly EF0 damage on Jackson Landing Road and continued northeast across South Beech Street and Goodyear Boulevard, where the EF1 damage was noted to a residence near 6th Street and Forest, due to a large pine tree snapping and landing on the home. The tornado began dissipating and only minor damage was found near Highway 11 and Carroll Street.
11:45Z EF1 KLIX LA St. Tammany Bush A tornado touched down along Esbon Road. One wood frame house was lifted off of tied down cinder block foundation and destroyed. One other home had about half of the roofing deck from the backside of the home removed. Softwood pine trees had all limbs removed and bark missing from parts of trees. Estimated wind speed 115 mph.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).