Hail, Vermilion
- When
- March 4, 9:55 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.780, -92.150
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 4, 1983
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 4, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -93.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- March 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- March 4, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- March 4, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- March 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -93.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- March 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -93.350
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- March 4, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -93.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- March 4, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- March 4, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- March 4, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- March 4, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 4, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -92.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- March 4, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -92.480
Tornado, La Salle
- When
- March 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- March 4, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -91.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -91.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 4, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- March 4, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- March 4, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -91.250
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
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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: 10042891, 10042892, 10042893, 10042894, 10042895, 10042896, 10042897, 10042898, 10042899, 10042900, 10042901, 10042902, 10042903, 10042904, 10042905, 10042906, 10042907, 10042908, 10042909, 10042910.