Tornado, Union
- When
- May 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -92.600
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 16, 1990
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $3,000
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- May 16, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -93.720
Hail, Webster
- When
- May 16, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne
- When
- May 16, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Coordinates
- 32.780, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, West Carroll
- When
- May 16, 10:47 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, East Carroll
- When
- May 16, 10:53 PM CST
- Where
- East Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -91.280
Hail, Union
- When
- May 16, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -92.600
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 16, 1990
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 16, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 16, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 16, 1990
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: 10043461, 10043462, 10043463, 10043464, 10043465, 10043466, 10043467.