PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 448 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0720 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 20 SSW BURNS POINT 29.30N 91.63W 08/18/2011 E60.00 MPH GMZ455 LA PUBLIC EUGENE ISLAND 30 ESTIMATES WIND GUST TO 60 MPH. 0815 PM TSTM WND GST SUNSET 30.41N 92.07W 08/18/2011 E50.00 MPH ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC PUBLIC ESTIMATES WINDS OF 50 MPH. 0820 PM HAIL 5 SSW OPELOUSAS 30.46N 92.12W 08/18/2011 E0.50 INCH ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 0821 PM TSTM WND DMG OPELOUSAS 30.52N 92.08W 08/18/2011 ST. LANDRY LA NEWSPAPER TREE DOWN ON TWO VEHICLES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HOUSE AT DUNBAR ST. IN OPELOUSAS 0822 PM TSTM WND GST CARENCRO 30.31N 92.04W 08/18/2011 E45.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA AMATEUR RADIO HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT OF WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FLOODING BEGINNING TO OCCUR BETWEEN CARENCRO AND CANKTON 0822 PM HAIL 5 S OPELOUSAS 30.45N 92.09W 08/18/2011 E0.50 INCH ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35-40 MPH 0822 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N OPELOUSAS 30.57N 92.08W 08/18/2011 E50.00 MPH ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS WIND GUST OF 50 MPH. WINDS BLEW OVER A WROUGHT IRON LAWN CHAIR 0825 PM HAIL 5 W OPELOUSAS 30.52N 92.17W 08/18/2011 E1.00 INCH ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN AND BLOWN TRANSFORMERS 0844 PM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 M53.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA ASOS LAFAYETTE ASOS MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 53 MPH. 0845 PM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 E50.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA AMATEUR RADIO HAM RADIO OPERATOR ESTIMATES WIND GUST OF 50 MPH 0850 PM HAIL LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 E0.50 INCH LAFAYETTE LA AMATEUR RADIO HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL. OPERATOR ALSO MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 48 MPH 0854 PM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 M72.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA ASOS LAFAYETTE ASOS MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 72 MPH 0900 PM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 E75.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC PUBLIC ESTIMATES WIND GUST OF 75 MPH. POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED ON THRUWAY. 0902 PM TSTM WND GST LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W 08/18/2011 E70.00 MPH LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC PUBLIC ESTIMATES WIND GUST OF 60-75 MPH. REPORT ALSO INDICATED THAT A PINE CONE FLEW THROUGH AND BROKE A HOUSE WINDOW. 0902 PM HAIL SCOTT 30.24N 92.09W 08/18/2011 E0.25 INCH LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC HAM OPERATOR REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG I-10 AND HIGHWAY 93 AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 0907 PM LIGHTNING SCOTT 30.24N 92.09W 08/18/2011 LAFAYETTE LA AMATEUR RADIO HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS LIGHTNING STRUCK A TRAILER BETWEEN SCOTT AND DUSON AND THE TRAILER IS ON FIRE. 0940 PM LIGHTNING ST. LANDRY 30.84N 92.26W 08/18/2011 EVANGELINE LA UTILITY COMPANY CLECO REPORTS APPROXIMATELY 3700 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE AREA WITH 2057 OF THOSE IN ST LANDRY PARISH. 1015 PM TSTM WND GST MOSS BLUFF 30.30N 93.20W 08/18/2011 E40.00 MPH CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 40 MPH WITH TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN. 1040 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W 08/18/2011 CALCASIEU LA NEWSPAPER TREE FELL ON HOUSE AT 2809 CREOLE ST. IN LAKE CHARLES.