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Tornado (F3) — Tensas, Louisiana

January 21, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$500K
Tornado scale
F3
Area
Tensas

Event narrative (NOAA)

A combined fifty house trailers and houses were completely destroyed by this tornado. Hundreds of trees were either downed or snapped off. A metal fishing boat was wrapped around a tree. Many cotton hoppers were flipped over several times. Vehicles were thrown 250 to 300 feet, one of which was left suspended in a tree.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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