The Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000, also known as the 2000 Easter Sunday tornado outbreak, occurred in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000. This severe weather occurrence was the result of a cold front moving through the area from North Texas and consisted of at least six supercell thunderstorms. A total of 33 tornadoes touched down within seven hours on April 23, 2000. No fatalities were reported, but at least 12 individuals were injured.
Confirmed tornadoes
April 23 event F#LocationCounty/Parish Time (UTC)Path lengthFatalities/InjuriesOklahoma F1NE of HartshornePittsburg13222 miles5 injuries F2SE of Wright CityMcCurtain140820.1 miles2 injuries F2Moyers areaPushmataha14119 milesNone F0Fanshawe areaLeFlore14250.2 milesNone F2W of CloudyPushmataha14379 milesNone F1Idabel areaMcCurtain145817.2 milesNoneTexas F2N of WoodlandRed River134112.5 milesNone F0Tira areaHopkins13484 miles2 injuries F2NE of Mount PleasantTitus, Cass145316.8 milesNone F2NW of DaingerfieldMorris, Cass15107 milesNone F2NE of DaingerfieldCass152211.8 milesNone F1Hallsville areaHarrison15344.5 milesNone F2SE of HallsvilleHarrison153910.6 milesNone F2W of DouglassvilleCass155614 milesNone F1SW of LindenCass155812.5 milesNone F3N of LindenCass155816 milesNone F2Marshall areaHarrison160217 milesNone F1W of JonesvilleHarrison16305 milesNone F1W of CarthagePanola16517 milesNoneArkansas F1SW of West OtisLittle River, Sevier155413 milesNone F1NE of West OtisSevier15579.7 milesNone F0W of TolletteHoward16013.8 milesNone F0W of PrescottHempstead16252.4 milesNone F1W of BradleyLafayette17288 milesNoneLouisiana F1Vivian areaCaddo16108 milesNone F3W of GreenwoodCaddo, Bossier164032.5 miles3 injuries F2NW of Alden BridgeBossier, Webster164037.2 milesNone F2Mansfield areaDeSoto17468.5 milesNone F3S of WempleDeSoto, Red River, Natchitoches180519.3 milesNone F1Shreveport areaCaddo, Bossier18058 miles6 injuries F2N of CastorBienville18164.3 milesNone F1S of ChathamJackson19302.5 miles1 injury F2E of JenaLaSalle20502.3 milesNone
See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks 2020 Easter tornado outbreak
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