Tornado, De Soto
- When
- January 23, 7:15 PM CST to 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, Rambin to 1 mi NE of Rambin
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -93.450
Tornado in Louisiana, January 23, 1997
A tornado touched down in southwest Rambin, moved northeast through Rambin, then lifted. Damage consisted of numerous trees twisted and snapped or completely uprooted.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 SHV wrote it up.
A tornado touched down in southwest Rambin, moved northeast through Rambin, then lifted. Damage consisted of numerous trees twisted and snapped or completely uprooted. Four houses sustained major damage. Other houses were damaged from trees falling into them. A mobile home was lifted and blown 100 yds. No injuries or deaths.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 23 to 24, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 23, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 23, 1997
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1997Warnings in Louisiana, January 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5587646.