Hail, La Salle
- When
- May 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -92.130
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 7, 1975
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Evangeline
- When
- May 7, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -92.420
Tornado, Sabine
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -93.670
Hail, Orleans
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Orleans County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -90.100
Hail, Sabine
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Sabine
- When
- May 7, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -93.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Sabine
- When
- May 7, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- May 7, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -93.270
Hail, Rapides
- When
- May 7, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -92.420
Hail, Vernon
- When
- May 7, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- May 7, 11:26 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- May 7, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -93.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- May 7, 11:41 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -93.220
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 Mississippi, May 7, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 7, 1975
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 7, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 1975
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 7, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 7, 1975
- Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1975
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1975Every state in 1975This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1975
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: 10030781, 10030782, 10030783, 10030784, 10030785, 10030786, 10030787, 10030788, 10030789, 10030790, 10031850, 10031851, 10031852.