Hail, De Soto
- When
- March 17, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -93.700
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 17, 1987
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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
- 17
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Red River
- When
- March 17, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Red River County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- March 17, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -92.530
Hail, Tensas
- When
- March 17, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -91.330
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 17, 11:48 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -91.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- March 17, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -92.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Evangeline
- When
- March 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -92.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- March 17, 2:04 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- March 17, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -92.080
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- March 17, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- March 17, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- March 17, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.620, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- March 17, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -92.300
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary
- When
- March 17, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -91.580
Tornado, Tangipahoa
- When
- March 17, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- March 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 17, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -90.050
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
Every storm in Louisiana in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1987Warnings in Louisiana, March 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: 10044324, 10044325, 10044326, 10044327, 10044328, 10045168, 10045169, 10045383, 10045384, 10045385, 10045386, 10045387, 10045388, 10045389, 10045390, 10045391, 10045392.