Louisiana, 1982

Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 25, 1982

April 25, 1982 · NWS S · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

4 tornado, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$1.0 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Plaquemines

When
April 25, 3:35 PM CST
Where
Plaquemines County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
29.870, -89.980

Tornado, De Soto

When
April 25, 8:15 PM CST
Where
De Soto County
Rating
F3
Path length
7 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
32.220, -94.030

Tornado, De Soto

When
April 25, 8:15 PM CST
Where
De Soto County
Rating
F3
Path length
7 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
32.220, -94.030

Tornado, Webster

When
April 25, 9:45 PM CST
Where
Webster County
Rating
F3
Path length
10 mi
Path width
500 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
32.630, -93.380

Tornado, Claiborne

When
April 25, 10:03 PM CST
Where
Claiborne County
Rating
F3
Path length
13 mi
Path width
500 yd
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
32.650, -93.270

Hail, De Soto

When
April 25, 10:20 PM CST
Where
De Soto County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.030, -93.720

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 10045043, 10045044, 10045045, 10045046, 10045047, 10045048.