Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
Start: 1999-04-03T15:52
End: 1999-04-03T16:01
Location: Louisiana

April 3, 1999 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 12
Property damage: $1.3 million
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.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Caddo

When: April 3, 3:52 PM CST to 4:01 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, Shreveport Rgnl Arpt to 6 mi NNE of Shreveport Rgnl Arpt
Rating: F4
Path length: 6.7 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 12 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $1.3 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 32.530, -93.830

Supercells developed over the area as a speed max moved out of Texas and across the region. Numerous homes with minor to moderate roof damage. An 18 wheel truck bed overturned. Steel framed hardware store leveled. Numerous trees uprooted or snapped. Damage to Southern University and other industry. A total of 66 structures were damaged (4 at 40K, 16 at 20K 46 at 5K).

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 1999 Warnings in Louisiana, April 1999

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689893.