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F2 tornado in Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Tornado April 23, 2000 · Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Rating

37.2 mi

Whole path

700 yd

Path width

$2.8M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 700 yards (0.40 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

Supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, Northwest Louisiana and extreme southeast Oklahoma. Extensive, widespread trees damage along entire track. Tree damage noted up to 2 to 3 miles either side of track. Approximately 25 to 30 residences damaged by fallen trees. A number of outbuildings either damaged by fallen trees or by wind. This tornado continued into Webster Parish, LA.

Began near Plain Dealing (32.8167, -93.7500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5140073. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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