Tornado in Louisiana, April 23, 2000

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, April 23, 2000
Start: 2000-04-23T18:45
End: 2000-04-23T19:05
Location: Louisiana

April 23, 2000 · 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: 0
Property damage: $1.0 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), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Natchitoches

When: April 23, 6:45 PM CST to 7:05 PM CST
Where: Natchitoches County, 9 mi WNW of Campti
Rating: F3
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 31.950, -93.267

A supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine trees snapped and oak trees blown down. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees. Two steel utility power towers were destroyed. A number of outbuildings were also damaged. Moved through De Soto Parish then across Red River Parish and into Natchitoches Parish.

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 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 2000 Warnings in Louisiana, April 2000

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: 5139269.