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During a tornado in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, the storm blew the steeple off of the top of First Methodist Church and it landed on a sports car driven by a 57 year old man. He was cut out of the car by the "jaws of life" and had several cuts, brusies and broken bones. A portion of one finger had to be amputated. As he was being taken out of the car he gave the onlookers a thumbs up. He stated that he did not see the steeple but everything just went black. The driver is okay and resting in the hospital.

The following is a report from the National Weather Service Shreveport, LA.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED DAMAGE SURVEYS TODAY IN
CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY IN CADDO AND
BOSSIER PARISHES IN LOUISIANA TODAY. THE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT AN EF2
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SOUTHWEST OF FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT.

THE TORNADO SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES...AND TOOK THE STEEPLE OFF THE TOP
OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. IT THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SHREVEPORT CONVENTION CENTER AND
OTHER DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE RED RIVER
JUST NORTH OF SAM`S TOWN CASINO...KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES
ALONG THE RIVER.

THE TORNADO TRACK 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. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 220 JUST WEST
OF BENTON RD...AND CAUSED MINOR TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AT SEVERAL CAR
DEALERSHIPS ALONG BENTON RD.

IT CROSSED BENTON RD. AND ENTERED THE GREEN ACRES PLACE
SUBDIVISION...CAUSING MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS HOMES AND
TOWN HOUSES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO THE BROWNLEE
SUBDIVISION WHERE MORE HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. IT THEN MOVED
NORTHEAST CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE RESERVE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND
THE CYPRESS POINTE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON AIRLINE DRIVE.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED AIRLINE DRIVE JUST NORTH OF LE OAKS
DRIVE...AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN CROSS CREEK AND BAYOU BEND
SUBDIVISION. CONTINUING ON A NORTHEAST TRACK...THE TORNADO CAUSED
MAJOR DAMAGE AT THE BOSSIER EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER ON SWAN LAKE RD.
AND SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES IN ROSE NEATH CEMETERY.

THE TORNADO MOVED NORTH AND CROSSED SWAN LAKE RD. CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE LEGACY SUBDIVISION. IT THEN CONTINUED
NORTHEAST CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME...AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
TREES ON DEEN POINT RD. THE TRACK CONTINUED FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST
CAUSING TREE DAMAGE ON JESSIE JONES RD.AND WEST LAKESHORE DR IN
BENTON. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING CYPRESS LAKE
AND CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO TREES ON MERRITT RD. BEFORE DISSIPATING.

OVER 100 HOMES IN BOSSIER PARISH WERE DAMAGED IN THIS TORNADO TRACK.
THE INITIAL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OCCURRED AT 413 PM...AND HAD A
LENGTH OF 13 MILES...AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 600 YARDS. THE TORNADO
WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ON THE GROUND FOR 17 MINUTES WITH AN ESTIMATED
WIND SPEED OF 110 TO 115 MPH.