Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 30, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -93.850
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 30, 1985
13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 30, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -93.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 30, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- April 30, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -93.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 30, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -92.570
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 30, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -92.720
Hail, De Soto
- When
- April 30, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -93.700
Hail, Webster
- When
- April 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -93.250
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.720
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -92.450
Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- April 30, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 32.670, -92.630
Hail, Webster
- When
- April 30, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -93.420
Hail, Union
- When
- April 30, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -92.650
Hail, Bienville
- When
- April 30, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -92.850
Hail, Union
- When
- April 30, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -92.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 30, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -92.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- April 30, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -93.050
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 30, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -92.120
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 30, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Sabine
- When
- April 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -93.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- April 30, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Red River
- When
- April 30, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Winn
- When
- April 30, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -92.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -92.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Morehouse
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -91.800
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 30, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 30, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, April 30, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 30, 1985
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: 10043594, 10043595, 10043596, 10043597, 10043598, 10043599, 10043600, 10043601, 10043602, 10043603, 10043604, 10043605, 10043606, 10043607, 10043608, 10043609, 10043610, 10043611, 10043612, 10043613, 10043614, 10043615, 10043616, 10043617, 10043618, 10043619.