Hail, De Soto
- When
- March 30, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -94.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 30, 1976
7 hail, 7 tornado, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
7 hail, 7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- March 30, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -93.400
Hail, Vernon
- When
- March 30, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -93.350
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- March 30, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17.2 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -93.350
Tornado, Sabine
- When
- March 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -93.220
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- March 30, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -92.720
Tornado, Natchitoches
- When
- March 30, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -93.200
Tornado, Natchitoches
- When
- March 30, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 21.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -93.080
Tornado, Rapides
- When
- March 30, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -92.750
Tornado, Grant
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -92.720
Hail, Concordia
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -91.480
Hail, Richland
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -91.500
Hail, Concordia
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -91.570
Hail, Concordia
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Measured
- 1.15 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -91.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -91.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia
- When
- March 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -91.480
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
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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: 10033005, 10033006, 10033007, 10033008, 10033009, 10033010, 10033011, 10033012, 10033013, 10033014, 10033015, 10033016, 10033017, 10033018, 10033019, 10033020, 10033021.