The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 16

WeafiUnei? Saturday, April 2, 1983 B-8 7r A jv SAN fBANClSCOMDENVERj los a'ngeles 10 4. 5 ffe. VTLU A highest Tk clls. (-jS (TpVf i ueio22- 77 Snow Destructive Tornados and Hailstorms Reported in Several Parts of Cenla Grant Tarish sheriffs deputies reported a tornado touched down at about 4:30 p.m. south of the intersection of Louisiana Highway 8 and U.S.

Highway 71 and moved UPI iVEATMESt FOTOCAST A severe hail storm covered the streets of Tioga with icy white balls but no damage reports were received, according to Rapides Parish sheriffs deputies. Area firemen reported several incidences of transmission lines and trees blown down in Rapides Parish. Electricity was off in isolated areas around Alexandria Friday night due to winds downing power lines, a spokesman with the Alexandria Electrical Distribution Department said. Trees and power lines were reported down near Oberlin in Allen Parish, deputies said. A little hail was reported in Avoyelles Parish near Effie, according to deputies.

No serious weather problems were reported in Evangeline Parish, deputies said. Destructive tornados and hailstorms were reported in several parts of central Louisiana as a severe weather front pushed eastward across the state Friday afternoon. High winds blowing tree limbs into power lines were responsible for repeated power outages around central Louisiana, said Nick Nixon of Central Louisiana Electric Co. "Wind is one of our greatest enemies," Nixon said. CLECO crews were fighting small outages in almost every part of central Louisiana all day Friday, Nixon said.

He said no major outages occurred. Natchitoches Parish appeared to receive the brunt of storm damage from high winds and hail at about 3 p.m. "We've got extensive wind damage in Natchitoches. We've got roofs blown off houses, windows blown apart and some apartment complexes that don't have any windows at all," a spokeswoman for the parish sheriff's office said. Sail a tall ship to a smnall island.

Snow is expected in the Northern Rocky Mountains, while rain is predicted oer the Pacific Northwest, the Upper Mississippi Valley, the Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic Coast States, and the I'pper and Lower Great Lakes Regions. Elsewhere, weather will remain fair in general. Forecast: Windy, Sunny and Cooler; No Rain Predicted Area Weather Windy, sunny and cooler today. Highest temperatures will be in the mid-fins. I'air and cooler tonight with lows near 40.

Winds will be '10 to mph and usty. Wind advisory in effect for area lakes. Sunnv Sundav with hiphs in or near the low 70s. Climatological Data .74 ..59 Friday's Friday's 24-1 1 our Ham I a Sunset TWO UNOCCUPIED house trailers were turned over by high winds, and trees and power lines were reported down all over the parish. Hail damage to roofs, win- (as of 5 p.m.) 17 inch 6:30 D.m.

cars was widespread. 1 K. We had hail about the size of Eng through the Nelms Loop Road area. Some property damage was reported along with power lines, and trees blown down, deputies said. Marble-size hail was reported near Pollock Friday afternoon although no calls of damage were received, deputies said.

Power companies were working "around the clock" to restore power to several communities in Vernon Parish, according to deputies. Large hail was reported in Simpson and a small brush fire started by hot transmission wires on the ground was reported, deputies said. Catahoula Parish received some damage from high winds and hail, according to parish deputies. A couple of small buildings were blown over near Leland. Broken antennas, downed power lines and uprooted trees also were reported across the parish, deputies said.

Large hail and a roof blown off a house were reported in Jonesville. A horse reportedly was struck by lightning near Harrisonburg but was expected to recover, deputies said. Twister Kills 2 in Collinston COLLINSTON (UPI) A twister churned up by violent weather sweeping out of the Rockies roared through northeast Louisiana Friday, killing two people, injuring seven others and ravaging a small airport. The National Weather Service said the tornado seven miles south of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish also destroyed seven mobile homes. Initial reports indicated at least 50 homes damaged in Collinston, a community of 600 people.

The tornado touched down about 5 p.m. in a residential section of the town, he said. Power outages and serious wind damage were widespread along the path of bad weather. Another twister was reported about the same time at Delhi in eastern Richland Parish, where it destroyed a dozen aircraft and inflicted heavy damage of hangars at the airport. Two homes were badly damaged and one minor injury as Average Low 50 Record lliyh 87 in 1945 Record Low 31 jn Year Ago High 79 ear Ago Low Today's State Forecast Shreveport Sunnv and cooler Monroe Sunny and cooler Lake Charles Sunnv and cooler Baton Rouge Sunnv and cooler New irleans Sunny and cooler Extended State Forecast Ch-ince of rain and thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday.

Warm Monday with the lowest temperatures in the 50s and highest in the 70s. Cooler north and mild south Tuesday and Wednesday with the lowest near 50 north and near 60 south, and'the highest in the mid-60s north to fhe mid-70s south. Agricultural Forecast Field work will be delayed this weekend and possibly much of next week since more rain is possible by Monday. The six- to 10-day outlook calls fur above-normal rainfall and below-normal temperatures. Although pasiure growth will be moderate, it will lag behind normal this weekend and much of next week due to unseasonably cool air.

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lish peas when it started and it ended up the size of golf balls," she said. The National Weather Service reported 1 inch hail at 3:10 p.m. about five mile southwest of Natchitoches. At 3:55 p.m., 60 mph winds were recorded in the city, along with baseball-sized hail, according to the NWS. Tornados were reported in Grant and Winn parishes Friday afternoon.

Two tornados reportedly touched down in Ward 2 of Winn Parish at about 3:45 p.m., according to Sheriff Dan Page. Powerlines were down across the eastern portion of the parish and at least a dozen homes were seriously damaged or destroyed by severe weather, Page said. No one was injured. THE TORNADOS CUT a path about a quarter-mile wide and remained on the ground for nearly two miles. The worst damage apparently occurred just south of U.S.

Highway 84 east, near Cross Development and south of Service Road 124, east of Joyce, Page said. Several transmission lines were reported down in the parish and as of 7 p.m. widespread power outages were still being reported in Winn Parish. It had not been determined when power would be re Friday's River Stages Windjanuner Hood Mae 24 hour staue KrL Change MISSISSIPPI 41 4 37 00 0.0 0.0 1K.B 161 Ksl. Ksl.

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Trees were reported to be blocking several roads including Service Road 472 near Jordan Hill community. Citizen volunteers, parish sheriff's deputies, sheriff's auxiliaries, highway department personnel, state police and parish employees were attempting to clear areas blocked by fallen trees. 00 00 00 Ksl. KM. Ksl.

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