Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- April 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -92.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 8, 1984
19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Claiborne
- When
- April 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -93.000
Hail, Claiborne
- When
- April 8, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -92.850
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- April 8, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -92.700
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- April 8, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -92.630
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- April 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -92.630
Hail, Union
- When
- April 8, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -92.420
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 8, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -92.470
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.120
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -91.780
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -91.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -92.120
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 8, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -92.070
Hail, Tensas
- When
- April 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -91.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -91.420
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 8, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -91.580
Hail, Tensas
- When
- April 8, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -91.230
Hail, West Carroll
- When
- April 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -91.300
Hail, East Carroll
- When
- April 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -91.230
Hail, Tensas
- When
- April 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -91.250
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 8, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -91.080
Hail, East Carroll
- When
- April 8, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -91.220
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -91.080
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.
- 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.
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: 10046298, 10046299, 10046300, 10046301, 10046302, 10046303, 10046304, 10046305, 10046306, 10046307, 10046308, 10046309, 10046310, 10046311, 10046312, 10046313, 10046314, 10046315, 10046316, 10046317, 10046318, 10046319, 10046320, 10046321, 10046322.