Storm reports for October 29, 2009

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On October 29, 2009, 0 hail, 26 damaging-wind and 33 tornado reports were logged across 6 states.

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

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $12.6 million in property damage and 16 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (68 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bossier Parish, LA (near Bodcau) · Tornado EF1 · $1 million · 8 injuries
  “The tornado snapped several trees causing a shut down of Interstate 20, as trees fell across the interstate. It then continued north damaging several homes in the Eastwood Community. Structural damage was observed to several homes due to fallen trees and nearly 30 homes had significant roof damage.”
• Jefferson County, AR (near Brewster) · Tornado EF1 · $400,000 · 4 injuries
  “Soon after the tornado touched down, it damaged a church, where the steeple was toppled and the portico blown down. It then took part of the roof off a house. Next, the tornado traveled into a shopping center.”
• Bossier Parish, LA (near Honore) · Tornado EF2 · $5 million · 2 injuries
  “This tornado was a continuation of the EF2 tornado that first touched down in downtown Shreveport in Caddo Parish. This tornado crossed the Red River just south of Interstate 220 near Benton Road, where several trees were snapped along the levee and a barn was damaged.”
• Caddo Parish, LA (near Shreveport Downtown) · Tornado EF2 · $1 million · 1 injury
  “An EF2 tornado first touched down over downtown Shreveport and took the steeple off the top of the First United Methodist Church at the corner of Common and Texas Streets.”
• Columbia County, AR (near Agricultural School) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000 · 1 injury
  “Another EF1 tornado touched down on the northeast side of Magnolia, Arkansas. The tornado touched down on CR 47 about one quarter of a mile east of Hwy. 79. Some significant to major damage was observed to several mobile homes and powerlines and poles were snapped.”
• Calhoun County, AR (near East Camden) · Tornado EF2 · $1.8 million
  “The tornado began in a wooded area of the Highland Industrial Park and then tore through the Arkansas Fire Training Academy. At the academy, the Apparatus Building was heavily damaged, walls were blown out of the Smoke Building, a large part of the roof was torn off the Administration and Classroom…”

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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