Tornado (EF2) — Bossier, Louisiana
January 11, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A long track 40+ mile long EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 135 mph first touched down just south of Barksdale Air Force Base off of Sligo Road in Central Bossier Parish, where it snapped and uprooted hundreds of softwood and hardwood trees and damaged several carports and outbuildings. The tornado then crossed the far southeast corner of Barksdale Air Force Base where at least one hundred trees were snapped or uprooted. After the tornado exited the corner of Barksdale Air Force Base, it strengthened south of Haughton to produce its most significant damage, completely destroying a single-wide manufactured home and a double-wide manufactured home off of Davis Road. Two fatalities (a 79 year old male and his 65 year old wife) occurred in the double-wide with an additional fatal
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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.