Hail, Avoyelles
- When
- March 26, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -92.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 26, 1976
5 hail, 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Caddo
- When
- March 26, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -93.970
Hail, Bossier
- When
- March 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- March 26, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -92.120
Hail, Sabine
- When
- March 26, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -93.700
Hail, Sabine
- When
- March 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -93.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- March 26, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -93.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Avoyelles
- When
- March 26, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -92.100
What these are
- 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 Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 26, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 26, 1976
- Hail in Iowa, March 26, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 26, 1976
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather history
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: 10032996, 10032997, 10032998, 10032999, 10033000, 10033001, 10033002, 10033003.