Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- November 19, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -92.700
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 19, 1983
16 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- 10
- Property damage
- $3.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Winn
- When
- November 19, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -92.630
Tornado, Union
- When
- November 19, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -92.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- November 19, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Winn
- When
- November 19, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -92.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- November 19, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -93.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- November 19, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- November 19, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -92.080
Tornado, Rapides
- When
- November 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -92.800
Tornado, Richland
- When
- November 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -91.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- November 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -91.330
Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- November 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- November 19, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- November 19, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -91.380
Tornado, Madison
- When
- November 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- November 19, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -91.200
Thunderstorm Wind, East Carroll
- When
- November 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Evangeline
- When
- November 19, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -92.450
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- November 19, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.550, -92.170
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- November 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -91.830
Thunderstorm Wind, East Carroll
- When
- November 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -91.250
Tornado, Ascension
- When
- November 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ascension County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -90.920
What these are
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, November 19, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 19, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 19, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 19, 1983
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: 10046269, 10046270, 10046271, 10046272, 10046273, 10046274, 10046275, 10046276, 10046277, 10046278, 10046279, 10046280, 10046281, 10046282, 10046283, 10046284, 10046285, 10046286, 10046287, 10046288, 10042723, 10042724.