Tornado in Louisiana, November 26, 2003

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, November 26, 2003
Start: 2003-11-26T22:15
End: 2003-11-26T22:20
Location: Louisiana

November 26, 2003 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The tornado that originated in Beauregard Parish moved into rural sections of Vernon Parish, near Highway 399. One mobile home had its roof blown off, a wooden garage was destroyed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

The tornado that originated in Beauregard Parish moved into rural sections of Vernon Parish, near Highway 399. One mobile home had its roof blown off, a wooden garage was destroyed. and several trees and power lines were downed.

What forecasters said that day

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, 8 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 2:15 PM CST, 8 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 3:15 PM CST, 7 hours before

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 radar

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Vernon

When: November 26, 10:15 PM CST to 10:20 PM CST
Where: Vernon County, 7 mi SW of Cravens
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 30.900, -93.100

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 2003 Warnings in Louisiana, November 2003

Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329059.