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F1 tornado in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 23, 2000 · Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Rating

8.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Injuries

$11.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Caddo Parish → Bossier Parish; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Near 100 homes with roof and frame damage. Bus terminal downtown sustained major damage to windows and bus terminal roofing meterial. Several downtown buildings with glass blown out and roof damage. Numerous trees completely blown down or snapped. This tornado moved into Bossier Parish.

Began near Shreveport (32.4833, -93.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5139986. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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