Hail, Bossier
- When
- May 1, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 1984
11 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 15
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
11 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bossier
- When
- May 1, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.630
Hail, Caddo
- When
- May 1, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Hail, Webster
- When
- May 1, 11:48 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -93.280
Hail, Claiborne
- When
- May 1, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -93.070
Hail, Union
- When
- May 1, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -92.650
Tornado, Union
- When
- May 1, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -92.470
Hail, Bienville
- When
- May 1, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.280
Hail, Union
- When
- May 1, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -92.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- May 1, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -92.080
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 1, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -92.650
Tornado, Morehouse
- When
- May 1, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -91.780
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- May 1, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -92.370
Hail, Rapides
- When
- May 1, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -92.470
Hail, West Carroll
- When
- May 1, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -91.480
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.
- 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: 10045265, 10045266, 10045267, 10045268, 10045269, 10045270, 10045271, 10045272, 10045273, 10045274, 10045275, 10045276, 10045277, 10045278, 10045279.