2022 Shreveport, Louisiana tornado

On January 3rd, a massive tornado devastated Shreveport. The tornado killed 51 people, making it the deadliest since the 2011 Joplin tornado. WIP

Meteorological Synopsis
On January 2nd, the SPC issued a Day 2 Marginal Risk of Severe Weather across portions of Northeast Texas, Northwest Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas. On January 3rd, the SPC issued a Slight Risk of Severe Weather for these areas, including Shreveport, Louisiana. A Warm Front was Situated in Central Arkansas. Moisture and Instability were moderate in these areas, but it lacked wind shear. But the SPC, noted, that discrete Supercells, could form ahead of a squall line. The cells could produce Large Hail and a tornado or two. One of these cells formed Southeast of Dallas, Texas.

Tornado and Storm Track
At 2;43 P.M CDT, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for the areas, Southeast of Tyler, Texas. At 2:51 Radar indicated the storm was capable of producing a tornado, and a Tornado Warning was issued. At 3:12 P.M, a tornado touched down Southwest of Henderson, Texas. The tornado quickly intensified to EF3 strength, as an unanchored home was swept away. The massive tornado reached EF4 strength as it clipped southwestern Henderson. Well-Built homes were completely leveled. Winds were estimated at 170 MPH in this area. The tornado weakened to High-End EF3 strength as it tore through Beckville. Some homes were completely leveled, though these homes were anchored with cut nails instead of anchor bolts, preventing a higher rating. The tornado reached EF4 strength again as it moved through extreme Northeastern Texas, some well-built homes were leveled. The tornado crossed the border and moved into Louisiana. A tornado emergency was issued for Caddo and Bossier Parishes. The tornado first tore through Greenwood at High-End EF4 strength, Homes were swept away( though these homes had anchor bolts 1 nanometer of the foundation preventing a higher rating) and some cars were thrown over a mile. The tornado killed 10 people in Greenwood when their homes were swept away. The tornado then intensified to EF5 strength as it devastated Shreveport, well-built homes were swept away, the ground was scoured up to 3 feet deep, some subdivisions were devastated. The tornado killed 32 people in Shreveport, before crossing the Red River and devastating Bossier City at EF5 strength, the tornado destroyed a bridge that crossed the Red River. Many well-built homes and businesses were swept away. One High Rise was completely leveled, but it had a storm shelter in it and nobody died. 7 People were killed in Bossier City mainly because people heeded the warnings and took shelter.