Texas, 2000

Tornadoes in Texas, April 23, 2000

April 23, 2000 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$12,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Morris

When
April 23, 3:10 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
Where
Morris County, 3 mi N of Daingerfield
Rating
F2
Path length
4.2 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$12,000
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
33.083, -94.750

Numerous large pine and oak trees snapped and broken. A roof was partially removed from a brick house and a chain link fence wrapped in a pine tree about 50 feet up. This was one of several tornadoes which occurred. This tornado continued into Cass County, TX.

Tornado, Cass

When
April 23, 3:20 PM CST to 3:27 PM CST
Where
Cass County, 6 mi NNW of Hughes Spgs
Rating
F2
Path length
2.8 mi
Path width
150 yd
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
33.083, -94.633

This tornado was one of several which formed over Cass County, TX. Numerous pine and oak trees snapped and broken. No structures were in the path of this tornado. This tornado entered Cass County, TX from Morris County, TX.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5139262, 5139189.