Storm reports for April 23, 2000

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On April 23, 2000, 136 hail, 21 damaging-wind and 37 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Harrison County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (136)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $37.1 million in property damage and 20 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (202 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Caddo Parish, LA (near Shreveport) · Tornado F1 · $10 million · 6 injuries
  “Near 100 homes with roof and frame damage. Bus terminal downtown sustained major damage to windows and bus terminal roofing meterial. Several downtown buildings with glass blown out and roof damage. Numerous trees completely blown down or snapped. This tornado moved into Bossier Parish.”
• Pittsburg County, OK (near Hartshorne) · Tornado F1 · $250,000 · 5 injuries
  “An F1 tornado touched down north of Hartshorne and lifted 2 miles later northeast of Hartshorne.The tornado destroyed five mobile homes and a frame house. The roofs of four other homes were damaged. The tornado also uprooted large trees and downed power lines.”
• Caddo Parish, LA (near Greenwood) · Tornado F3 · $5 million · 3 injuries
  “Numerous trees and power lines toppled. Several homes suffered minor to moderate structural damage in the Breckenridge subdivision just souwest of Shreveport. Portable storage building businesses were destroyed and two mobile homes were demolished.”
• McCurtain County, OK (near Wright City) · Tornado F2 · $40,000 · 2 injuries
  “Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store.”
• Hopkins County, TX (near Tira) · Tornado F0 · $25,000 · 2 injuries
  “Extensive damage from a possible tornado. The damage path was apparently intermittent as it paralleled F.M. 1536 from Tira to one mile north of Nelta; a distance of around four miles. A barn was destroyed and numerous trees and fences were damaged. Minor damage was reported on two homes.”
• Bossier Parish, LA (near Elm Grove) · Tornado F3 · $2.3 million · 1 injury
  “High precipitation supercells developed along the leading edge of a dry line across eastern Texas which moved into northwest Louisiana. Numerous trees and power lines were downed as the tornado moved across the area.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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