Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 15, 1987

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 15, 1987
Start: 1987-11-15T18:45
End: 1987-11-15T21:00
Location: Louisiana

November 15, 1987 · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 96
Property damage: $50 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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

6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, De Soto

When: November 15, 6:45 PM CST
Where: De Soto County
Rating: F3
Path length: 13 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 23 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 32.100, -94.030

Tornado, Caddo

When: November 15, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Caddo County
Rating: F3
Path length: 20 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Injuries: 73 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 32.280, -93.870

Tornado, Bossier

When: November 15, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Bossier County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 73 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.520, -93.720

Tornado, Calcasieu

When: November 15, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Calcasieu County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 27 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.150, -93.230

Tornado, Calcasieu

When: November 15, 8:03 PM CST
Where: Calcasieu County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 27 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.180, -93.270

Tornado, Webster

When: November 15, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Webster County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 32.880, -93.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: November 15, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Allen County
Coordinates: 30.620, -92.770

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, De Soto	1987-11-15				Direct

What these are

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 1987 Every state in 1987 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 1987 Warnings in Louisiana, November 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: 10043000, 10043001, 10043211, 10043212, 10043213, 10043214, 10043215.