Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
Start: 1999-04-03T16:01
End: 1999-04-03T16:20
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: 7
Injuries: 90
Property damage: $6.7 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), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bossier

When: April 3, 4:01 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
Where: Bossier County, Bossier City to 5 mi ENE of Benton
Rating: F4
Path length: 12.6 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 90 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $6.7 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 32.580, -93.750

Supercells developed over the area as a speed max moved out of Texas and across the region. Some 389 structures were effected. Of this 227 homes or businesses suffered either major damage or were destroyed. Roofs missing. Brick homes leveled. One brick home totally missing, leaving only the slab. Numerous large oak and pine trees uprooted or snapped near the bases.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	60	Female	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	53	Male	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	65	Male	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	41	Male	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	25	Female	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	14	Female	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Tornado, Bossier	1999-04-03	33	Female	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689894.