F2 tornado in Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Tornado January 23, 1996 · Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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.

The wider storm

A tornado touched down in south Shreveport just east of the Lucian Airport, moved across the airport and continued northeast across the southeast section of the city. Several retirement homes and numerous housing subdivisions were severely damaged. Thirty utility poles were destroyed leaving 10,000 customers without power. The tornado then moved across the Red River into southern Bossier City, Bossier Parish, knocked down trees and power lines and destroyed a couple of barns then dissipated.

Began near Bossier City (32.5200, -93.7200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Caddo Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5538458. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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