Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -93.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 23, 1985
10 tornado, 8 hail, 7 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
- None recorded
- 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
10 tornado, 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -93.850
Tornado, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -93.830
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.750
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.750
Tornado, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.730
Tornado, Webster
- When
- April 23, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -93.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- April 23, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -93.400
Tornado, Webster
- When
- April 23, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- April 23, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -93.350
Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- April 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -93.200
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -93.870
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -93.600
Hail, Webster
- When
- April 23, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -93.350
Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -93.070
Hail, Claiborne
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -93.070
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.720
Tornado, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -93.870
Tornado, De Soto
- When
- April 23, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -93.850
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- April 23, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -93.820
Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- April 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- April 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- April 23, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -91.380
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 23, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 23, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 23, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23, 1985
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1985
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: 10043565, 10043566, 10043567, 10043568, 10043569, 10043570, 10043571, 10043572, 10043573, 10043574, 10043575, 10043576, 10043577, 10043578, 10043579, 10043580, 10043581, 10043582, 10043583, 10043584, 10043585, 10043586, 10043587, 10043588, 10043589.