Hail, Sabine
- When
- December 10, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.370, -93.470
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, December 10, 1983
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sabine
- When
- December 10, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -93.550
Hail, Bossier
- When
- December 10, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- December 10, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- December 10, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- December 10, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.050
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- December 10, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -93.300
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- December 10, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -93.100
Hail, Iberia
- When
- December 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.030, -91.980
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- December 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -91.670
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- December 10, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -92.000
Hail, St. Landry
- When
- December 10, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Evangeline
- When
- December 10, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -92.600
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- December 10, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- December 10, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- December 10, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -92.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Iberia
- When
- December 10, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -91.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Iberia
- When
- December 10, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -91.730
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1983
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: 10044055, 10044056, 10044057, 10044058, 10044059, 10044060, 10044061, 10044062, 10044063, 10044064, 10044065, 10044066, 10044067, 10044068, 10044069, 10044070, 10044071, 10044072.