Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 3:20 AM CST to 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Groves
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -93.917
Tornado in Texas, April 3, 2000
The Groves Middle School received the brunt of the second tornado to hit Jefferson County this morning. The roof of the gymnasium was torn off, water damaged the interior, and a brick wall was blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $3.0 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
The Groves Middle School received the brunt of the second tornado to hit Jefferson County this morning. The roof of the gymnasium was torn off, water damaged the interior, and a brick wall was blown down. Three classrooms were damaged from broken glass. Over a dozen neighboring homes in the 5000 block of Cleveland Avenue received damage. Two of these were severe, when trees fell on the homes. Many trees and power lines were blown down.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:19 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
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More
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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: 5141911.