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Tornado (F3) — Claiborne, Louisiana

April 3, 1999 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1.5M
Tornado scale
F3
Area
Claiborne

Event narrative (NOAA)

The tornado developed from a supercell which developed as a favourable upper level jet pattern and an unstable atmosphere moved over the area. Two mobile homes completely destroyed and two cars levitated and rolled. About 10 homes heavily damaged. Numerous large trees uprooted or snapped.

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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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