Hail, Bienville
- When
- April 1, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -93.170
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 1, 1974
10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- April 1, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -92.720
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -92.400
Hail, Grant
- When
- April 1, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -92.420
Hail, Vernon
- When
- April 1, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.270
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 1, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -92.080
Hail, Rapides
- When
- April 1, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -92.420
Hail, La Salle
- When
- April 1, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -92.200
Hail, La Salle
- When
- April 1, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -92.130
Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 1, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -91.200
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 1, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -91.200
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- April 1, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -91.150
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 Hail in Kentucky, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 1, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 1, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1974
- Hail in Missouri, April 1, 1974
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: 10036078, 10036079, 10036080, 10036081, 10036082, 10036083, 10036084, 10036085, 10036086, 10036087, 10036088, 10036089.