Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- April 18, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -89.850
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 18, 1988
12 hail, 2 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tangipahoa
- When
- April 18, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -90.370
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 18, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -90.280
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 18, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -91.850
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -92.000
Hail, Richland
- When
- April 18, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -91.880
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.920, -92.020
Hail, Avoyelles
- When
- April 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.070, -92.050
Hail, Franklin
- When
- April 18, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -91.770
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 18, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -91.200
Hail, St. Landry
- When
- April 18, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- April 18, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -92.420
Tornado, Acadia
- When
- April 18, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.430, -92.320
Hail, Tensas
- When
- April 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -91.250
Hail, St. Landry
- When
- April 18, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -91.950
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10044396, 10044397, 10045239, 10045240, 10045453, 10045454, 10045455, 10045456, 10045457, 10045458, 10045459, 10045460, 10045461, 10045462, 10045463.