NWS Shreveport - Easter 2000 Tornado Outbreak

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Hail stone that fell in the Southern Trace subdivision.

Storm 4 near the Louisiana and Texas state line.

As this supercell was producing the F3 tornado over extreme south Shreveport, it was producing hail up to 4-inches in diameter to the north and east of the wall cloud. This hail stone fell in the Southern Trace subdivision.

Looking west as the storm approached near the Texas and Louisiana state line. The main updraft and rain-free base are evident.

Main updraft and wall cloud, looking toward the west northwest approximately 10 minutes later.

A picture of the wall cloud/tornado taken at the sametime as the picture to the left.

Picture of storm 4 as it heads toward Castor, LA.

The wall cloud got robbed of inflow and dissipated as a second funnel formed just to it's east (funnel center, old wall cloud left, rain shaft right) along the rear flanking gustfront. This shot was taken looking just slightly east of due north

A near classbook example of the structure of a rotating, supercell thunderstorm. This shot was taken just East of Mansfield, Louisiana by stormchaser Bobby Eddins.

Shot of the same thunderstorm to the left, but much closer, looking at a large rotating wall cloud on the southwest edge of the thunderstorm.

A tornado descends from the wall cloud just east of Mansfield, Louisiana. Often in this part of the country, this tornado would have been obscured by rain.

The tornado to the left at maximum width and intensity - growing to F2 status. This tornado will briefly lift and set back down near I-49, southwest of Coushatta, Louisiana.

As viewed from I-49, the "cone" shaped tornado, now an F3 in intensity, is seen in contrast against a clearing sky to the west of the thunderstorm.

F3 damage occurred, mainly to trees, as this tornado continued to move east-southeast to near Campti, Louisiana before it finally dissipated.

This tornado only lasted for around 20 seconds.

While Bobby Eddins was shooting the "main" tornado from this supercell, a secondary vortex briefly spun up only a few hundred yards away.

This small F0 tornado only lasted about 20 seconds and essentially formed out of nowhere. It demonstrates how dangerous it is to be anywhere under the wall cloud.

A stunning display of Mammatus clouds were observed on the back side of supercell 6 shortly after the storm produced the tornado over Cross Lake and downtown Shreveport.

While Mammatus are not dangerous themselves, they are generally seen in association with mature, severe thunderstorms and are produced by high-altitude downdrafts.

Video of rapid vortex formation just east of Mansfield, La.
Video courtesy of Bobby Eddins ©2000.
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Video of main F2 to F3 tornado just east of Mansfield, La.
Video courtesy of Bobby Eddins ©2000.
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Video of the tornado (waterspout) over Cross Lake.

Video of tornado (waterspout) over Cross Lake in Shreveport.
Video courtesy of KSLA-TV ©2000.
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