Tornado, Rapides
- When
- February 20, 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -92.520
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 20, 1989
7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Rapides
- When
- February 20, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 43 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -92.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides
- When
- February 20, 1:01 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -92.300
Tornado, Catahoula
- When
- February 20, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Catahoula County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -91.850
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- February 20, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -92.080
Hail, Tensas
- When
- February 20, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -91.400
Hail, De Soto
- When
- February 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -93.870
Hail, Tensas
- When
- February 20, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -91.230
Hail, Sabine
- When
- February 20, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sabine County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -93.720
Hail, Franklin
- When
- February 20, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -91.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- February 20, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -91.800
Hail, Madison
- When
- February 20, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -91.130
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10045550, 10045551, 10045552, 10045553, 10045554, 10045555, 10045556, 10045557, 10045558, 10045559, 10045560, 10045561.