Hail, Caddo
- When
- April 11, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Oil City
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 11, 1994
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $115,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- April 11, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Oil City
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 11, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County, Plain Dealing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.679, -93.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- April 11, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Dixie
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- April 11, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Springhill
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms moved into the northwest corner of the state during the evening producing damaging straight line wind gusts in several locations. In Oil City, the roof of a bandstand was blown off. Radio towers were damaged by strong wind gusts near Rodessa and at Oil City. Numerous trees were also downed by wind gusts on Cypress Lake northeast of Benton, and at Springhill.
Hail, Webster
- When
- April 11, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Dixie Inn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms moved into the northwest corner of the state during the evening producing damaging straight line wind gusts in several locations. In Oil City, the roof of a bandstand was blown off. Radio towers were damaged by strong wind gusts near Rodessa and at Oil City. Numerous trees were also downed by wind gusts on Cypress Lake northeast of Benton, and at Springhill.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- April 11, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Rodessa
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Bossier
- When
- April 11, 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County, Haughton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.679, -93.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- April 11, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier County, Benton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 32.679, -93.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
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: 10314083, 10328841, 10328573, 10328842, 10327449, 10327450, 10328843, 10328574, 10328575.