Hail, Franklin
- When
- February 28, 2:08 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.8 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -91.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 28, 1987
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tensas
- When
- February 28, 2:18 AM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -91.430
Hail, Sabine
- When
- February 28, 2:34 AM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -93.680
Hail, Jackson
- When
- February 28, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -92.720
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- February 28, 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -92.630
Hail, Winn
- When
- February 28, 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Winn County
- Measured
- 0.8 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -92.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- February 28, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Morehouse
- When
- February 28, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -91.800
Tornado, West Carroll
- When
- February 28, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- February 28, 5:28 AM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- February 28, 8:19 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 30.850, -90.150
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
Every storm in Louisiana in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1987Warnings in Louisiana, February 1987
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: 10044311, 10044312, 10044313, 10044314, 10044315, 10044316, 10044317, 10044318, 10044319, 10044320, 10044321.