A long-lasting tornado tore across northern Beauregard Parish, staying in mainly rural areas. The worst damage occurred along Highway 26 east of DeRidder, where two mobile homes were flipped over.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A long-lasting tornado tore across northern Beauregard Parish, staying in mainly rural areas. The worst damage occurred along Highway 26 east of DeRidder, where two mobile homes were flipped over. Debris was strewn for over a half mile. One person was injured after he was thrown from the mobile home. In the Longacre community, a family of 4 climbed into a homemade storm cellar, moments before the tornado destroyed their home. They received minro bumps and brusies when the roof of the storm cellar lifted off and debris landed on them. This tornado continued into Vernon Parish.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 2:15 PM CST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.
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</html>LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 315 PM CST WED NOV 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... INCREASING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FLOWING INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH A QUICK CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...ALONG WITH STRONG WIND SPEEDS IN PLACE...THERE IS THE THREAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES. THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. A COOL AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL FOLLOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH A GRADUAL WARMUP BEGINNING SUNDAY. .INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. MARCOTTE/LGE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2003Warnings in Louisiana, November 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329058.