Hail, Sabine
- When
- April 19, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -93.520
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 19, 1986
8 hail, 1 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
- 10
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
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- April 19, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Winn
- When
- April 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -92.620
Hail, Winn
- When
- April 19, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -92.750
Hail, Natchitoches
- When
- April 19, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -93.030
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -92.450
Hail, La Salle
- When
- April 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -92.330
Tornado, Winn
- When
- April 19, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -92.670
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.120
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.030
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
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: 10043147, 10043148, 10043149, 10043150, 10043151, 10043152, 10043153, 10043154, 10043155, 10043156.