0255 AM TORNADO WESTWEGO 29.90N 90.14W
02/13/2007 F2 JEFFERSON LA NWS STORM SURVEY

...... 9 INJ ...... PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE GROUND SURVEY
OF TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE WESTWEGO AREA INDICATED A PATH
LENGTH OF AROUND 2 MILES AND DAMAGE WIDTH AVERAGING 50
YARDS. THE TORNADO TRAVELED ON A NORTH NORTHEAST TRACK
ACROSS WESTWEGO BEFORE CONTINUING INTO THE CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS. THE MOST SIGNFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE
VICINITY OF US HIGHWAY 90 AND AVENUE D WHERE A TWO STORY
MOTEL HAD ITS ROOF TORN OFF AND PORTIONS OF SECOND FLOOR
WALLS COLLAPSED. SEVERAL HOUSES LOST ROOFS.

0305 AM TORNADO NEW ORLEANS 29.97N 90.08W
02/13/2007 F1 ORLEANS LA NWS STORM SURVEY

GROUND SURVEY INDICATED THAT THE WESTWEGO TORNADO MOVED
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THROUGH THE UPTOWN AND
CARROLTON AREA OF NEW ORLEANS. CONSIDERABLE TREE AND
POWERLINE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH A FEW DAMAGE
HOUSE ROOFS. TIME OF EVENTS ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY BE
UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DATA.

0310 AM TORNADO 2 SW LAKEFRONT AIRPORT 30.02N 90.05W
02/13/2007 F2 ORLEANS LA NWS STORM SURVEY

...... 1 FATAL, 25 INJ ...... PRELIMINARY ASSESMENT FROM THE
GROUND SURVEY INDICATED A TORNADO TOUCHED NEAR FRANKLIN
AVE AND MENDEZ AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS PONTCHARTRAIN
PARK TO THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO
TREES AND POWER LINES HOWEVER SEVERAL HOUSES WERE HEAVILY
DAMAGED WITH ROOFS TORN OFF AND UPPER FLOORS PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED. DAMAGE PATH APPRROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES. DAMAGE
WIDTH 50 YARDS. ADDITIONAL DATA MAY ALLOW THIS EVENT TO
BE LINKED WITH THE UPTOWN TORNADO. INJURIES NOTED WERE
FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

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