Hail, Red River
- When
- March 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -93.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 1976
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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
- 32
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.370
Tornado, Richland
- When
- March 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -91.850
Tornado, West Carroll
- When
- March 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 32 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -91.320
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Tornado, West Carroll
- When
- March 20, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- March 20, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -93.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 20, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -91.200
Thunderstorm Wind, East Carroll
- When
- March 20, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -91.180
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 Michigan, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 20, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 20, 1976
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, March 20, 1976
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: 10032982, 10032983, 10032984, 10032985, 10032986, 10032987, 10032988, 10032989, 10032990, 10032991.