Tornado, Morehouse
- When
- April 29, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -91.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 29, 1963
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winn
- When
- April 29, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Winn
- When
- April 29, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Catahoula
- When
- April 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Catahoula County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -91.900
Tornado, Morehouse
- When
- April 29, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.6 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -91.900
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes in Indiana, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 29, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 29, 1963
- Hail in Illinois, April 29, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 29, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 29, 1963
- Hail in Ohio, April 29, 1963
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10029680, 10029681, 10029682, 10029683, 10029684.