Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- March 18, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -91.350
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 18, 1986
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, East Carroll
- When
- March 18, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -91.220
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- March 18, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -92.450
Tornado, Ouachita
- When
- March 18, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -92.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- March 18, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -92.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- March 18, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -91.400
What these are
- 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: 10046482, 10046483, 10046484, 10046485, 10046486, 10046487.