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Hurricane Lili
Damaged offshore Platform, off Eugene Island
Interstate Traffic returning from Shreveport, LA
One of untold numbers of  uprooted trees
Interstate Exit Sign, snapped by high winds
Local business facade crumbles
Roofing damage was widespread
(House 2 miles from my home)
Several billboards were damaged
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Lucky it was just the porch
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Sheds, outbuildings, and barns where destroyed
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Who knows where some debris came from
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Local gas stations lost roofing, patrons weathered long waits for fuel
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Sugar cane that normally measures approx. 8ft. tall -
laid down by high winds and torrential rain
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Preliminary Data
RECORDED WIND GUSTS

  CAMERON PARISH.....CAMERON....................50 MPH AT TIME UNKNOWN
  JEFF DAVIS PARISH..JENNINGS.....................88 MPH AT TIME UNKNOWN
  ST MARY PARISH.....CYPREMORT POINT......101 MPH AT TIME UNKNOWN
  VERMILION PARISH...ABBEVILLE..................100 MPH AT TIME UNKNOWN
  VERMILION PARISH...DELCAMBRE..................97 MPH AT 1508 UTC
  VERMILION PARISH...INTRACOASTAL CITY....120 MPH AT TIME UNKNOWN

WIND ESTIMATES...BASED ON NWS SURVEY

   ACADIA PARISH..........CHURCH POINT.....70 TO 80 MPH
   ACADIA PARISH..........CROWLEY.............80 TO 90 MPH
   ACADIA PARISH...........IOTA.....................60 TO 70 MPH
   ACADIA PARISH...........RAYNE...............100 TO 110 MPH
   ALLEN PARISH.............KINDER................40 TO 50 MPH
   ALLEN PARISH.............OAKDALE............40 TO 50 MPH
   ALLEN PARISH.............OBERLIN..............40 TO 50 MPH
   AVOYELLES PARISH....BUNKIE................60 TO 70 MPH
   EVANGELINE PARISH...BASILE................60 TO 70 MPH
   EVANGELINE PARISH...BAYOU CHICOT....60 TO 70 MPH
   EVANGELINE PARISH...CHATAIGNIER.......60 TO 70 MPH
   EVANGELINE PARISH...MAMOU................70 TO 80 MPH
   EVANGELINE PARISH...VILLE PLATTE.......80 TO 90 MPH
   IBERIA PARISH.............NEW IBERIA..........70 TO 80 MPH
   IBERIA PARISH.............JEANERETTE........70 TO 80 MPH
   JEFF DAVIS PARISH.....JENNINGS.............80 TO 90 MPH
   JEFF DAVIS PARISH.....WELSH.................40 TO 50 MPH
   LAFAYETTE PARISH.....YOUNGSVILLE......70 TO 80 MPH
   RAPIDES PARISH.........ALEXANDRIA.........60 TO 70 MPH
   RAPIDES PARISH.........FOREST HILL.........60 TO 70 MPH
   ST LANDRY PARISH.....EUNICE..................70 TO 80 MPH
   ST MARTIN PARISH......ST MARTINVILLE....70 TO 80 MPH
   ST MARY PARISH.........FRANKLIN.............60 TO 70 MPH
   VERMILION PARISH......ERATH..................90 TO 100 MPH
   VERMILION PARISH......GUEYDAN.............50 TO 60 MPH
   VERMILION PARISH......KAPLAN................70 TO 80 MPH
   VERMILION PARISH......MAURICE..............70 TO 80 MPH

STORM SURGE
  LOCATION                                        DATUM             HEIGHT                TIME
                                                                                     (FT)
  SAINT MARY PARISH

  WAX LAKE OUTLET  NR CALUMET     NGVD                 8.0      OCT 3 1245 PM
  CREWBOAT CHANNEL NR CALUMET 10 FT NAVD88   12.3      OCT 3 1045 AM
  ATCHAFALAYA R NR MORGAN CITY   NGVD                 7.1      OCT 3 215 PM
  ATCHAFALAYA BAY NR EUGENE IS   NGVD                 9.0      OCT 3 200 PM
  CASTILLE PASS NR MORGAN CITY                             10.6      OCT 3 944 AM
  GIWW AT BAYOU SALE RIDGE          NGVD                  6.8      OCT 3 300 PM
  CHARENTON DRAINAGE CANAL        NGVD                  4.5      OCT 3 345 PM

  VERMILION PARISH

  GIWW AT VERMILION LOCK               NGVD                  8.3      OCT 3 400 PM
  VERMILION BAY/B. FEARMAN            NGVD                11.7      OCT 3 900 AM


TORNADOES
  TIME   PARISH          CITY                 DESCRIPTION
  (UTC)

  1606   LAFAYETTE    LAFAYETTE      LAFAYETTE OEP REPORTED A
                                                           TORNADO AT PINHOOK AND VEROT
                                                           SCHOOL ROAD.

  1608   ACADIA       2 SE CROWLEY   NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                           TORNADO DAMAGE IN EBENEZER
                                                           COMMUNITY.

  1625   ACADIA       2 N RAYNE           NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                           TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR ROBERTS
                                                           COVE COMMUNITY.

  1628   LAFAYETTE    LAFAYETTE      LAFAYETTE OEP REPORTED A
                                                           TORNADO AT THE CORNER OF
                                                           JOHNSTON AND SOUTH COLLEGE
                                                           STREETS.

  1643   ACADIA       ESTHERWOOD     NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                            TORNADO DAMAGE JUST EAST OF
                                                            ESTHERWOOD.

  1658   ACADIA       15 N CROWLEY   NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                          TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR MOWATA.

  1701   LAFAYETTE    1 E MIRE         LAFAYETTE OEP REPORTED A
                                                          TORNADO AT THE ACADIA PARISH
                                                          BORDER NEAR MIRE.

  1719   EVANGELINE   TURKEY CREEK   NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                                TORNADO DAMAGE SOUTH OF
                                                                 TURKEY CREEK.

  1728   ACADIA       RICHARD              NWS STORM SURVEY SHOWED
                                                           TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR RICHARD.

  1815   EVANGELINE   MAMOU          POLICE OFFICER SAW A TORNADO
                                                          TOUCH DOWN THAT CAUSED A ROOF
                                                          TO CAVE IN ON A HOME. THE
                                                          PEOPLE THAT WERE TRAPPED INSIDE
                                                          ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY.

  1852   ST. LANDRY   CHIMNEYVILLE   HOMEOWNER REPORTED A TORNADO
                                                             RIPPED THE ROOF OFF HOME.

  2000   RAPIDES     5 S ALEXANDRIA   SKYWARN SPOTTER SAW A TORNADO
                                                            DAMAGING HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY 1.

  2030   RAPIDES      WOODWORTH      STATE POLICE SAW A TORNADO
                                                             TOUCH DOWN, CAUSING MINOR TREE
                                                             DAMAGE.

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