Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- February 21, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 21, 1974
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
- $53,000
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Evangeline
- When
- February 21, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -92.400
Hail, Morehouse
- When
- February 21, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -91.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Morehouse
- When
- February 21, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -91.670
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- February 21, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.370
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- February 21, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -91.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia
- When
- February 21, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- February 21, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -91.200
Tornado, East Feliciana
- When
- February 21, 3:14 PM CST
- Where
- East Feliciana County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -90.920
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- February 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.020, -90.230
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- February 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -89.780
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 21, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Florida, February 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 21, 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: 10030403, 10030404, 10030405, 10030406, 10030407, 10030408, 10030409, 10030410, 10030411, 10030412, 10030413, 10030414.