A small tornado touched down in the rural community of Lewisburg. A mobile home was destroyed when it flipped over, injuring a woman inside.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A small tornado touched down in the rural community of Lewisburg. A mobile home was destroyed when it flipped over, injuring a woman inside. A man outside said the high winds lifted his truck off the ground.
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:21 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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