Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000 explained

Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000
Type:	Tornado outbreak
Active:	April 23, 2000
Tornadoes:	33
Fujitascale:	F3
Casualties:	12 injuries
Enhanced:	no
Partof:	the tornado outbreaks of 2000

The Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000, also known as the 2000 Easter Sunday tornado outbreak, occurred in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000. This severe weather occurrence was the result of a cold front moving through the area from North Texas and consisted of at least six supercell thunderstorms. A total of 33 tornadoes touched down within seven hours on April 23, 2000. No fatalities were reported, but at least 12 individuals were injured.^{[1] [2]}

Confirmed tornadoes

April 23 event

F#	Location	County/Parish	Time (UTC)	Path length	Fatalities/Injuries
Oklahoma
bgcolor=#	F1	NE of Hartshorne	Pittsburg	1322	2 miles	5 injuries
bgcolor=#	F2	SE of Wright City	McCurtain	1408	20.1 miles	2 injuries
bgcolor=#	F2	Moyers area	Pushmataha	1411	9 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F0	Fanshawe area	LeFlore	1425	0.2 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	W of Cloudy	Pushmataha	1437	9 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	Idabel area	McCurtain	1458	17.2 miles	None
Texas
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Woodland	Red River	1341	12.5 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F0	Tira area	Hopkins	1348	4 miles	2 injuries
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of Mount Pleasant	Titus, Cass	1453	16.8 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	NW of Daingerfield	Morris, Cass	1510	7 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	NE of Daingerfield	Cass	1522	11.8 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	Hallsville area	Harrison	1534	4.5 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	SE of Hallsville	Harrison	1539	10.6 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	W of Douglassville	Cass	1556	14 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	SW of Linden	Cass	1558	12.5 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F3	N of Linden	Cass	1558	16 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	Marshall area	Harrison	1602	17 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Jonesville	Harrison	1630	5 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Carthage	Panola	1651	7 miles	None
Arkansas
bgcolor=#	F1	SW of West Otis	Little River, Sevier	1554	13 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	NE of West Otis	Sevier	1557	9.7 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Tollette	Howard	1601	3.8 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F0	W of Prescott	Hempstead	1625	2.4 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	W of Bradley	Lafayette	1728	8 miles	None
Louisiana
bgcolor=#	F1	Vivian area	Caddo	1610	8 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F3	W of Greenwood	Caddo, Bossier	1640	32.5 miles	3 injuries
bgcolor=#	F2	NW of Alden Bridge	Bossier, Webster	1640	37.2 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F2	Mansfield area	DeSoto	1746	8.5 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F3	S of Wemple	DeSoto, Red River, Natchitoches	1805	19.3 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	Shreveport area	Caddo, Bossier	1805	8 miles	6 injuries
bgcolor=#	F2	N of Castor	Bienville	1816	4.3 miles	None
bgcolor=#	F1	S of Chatham	Jackson	1930	2.5 miles	1 injury
bgcolor=#	F2	E of Jena	LaSalle	2050	2.3 miles	None

See also

• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• 2020 Easter tornado outbreak

Notes and References

1. Book: Andrews. Billy. Outstanding Weather Phenomena In The Ark-La-Tex: An Incomplete History of Significant Weather Events. November 20, 2014. FriesenPress. 240. 9781460241882.
2. Web site: Storm Prediction Center WCM Page. NOAA's National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center. November 4, 2016.