Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 15, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 15, 1994
Start: 1994-04-15T09:00
End: 1994-04-15T19:30
Location: Louisiana

April 15, 1994 · 31 events in 19 counties and zones

17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 31 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $74,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 31

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

17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron

When: April 15, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Cameron County, Grand Chenier
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 29.847, -93.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few tree were toppled by thunderstorms wind gusts.

Hail, Bossier

When: April 15, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Bossier County, Haughton
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 32.679, -93.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Claiborne

When: April 15, 11:15 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Homer
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.823, -92.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Webster

When: April 15, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Webster County, Sibley
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 15, 11:32 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Dubach
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.602, -92.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: April 15, 11:40 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Ruston
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 32.602, -92.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Union

When: April 15, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Union County, Shilo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.832, -92.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Bienville

When: April 15, 11:50 AM CST
Where: Bienville County, Pratt
Coordinates: 32.347, -93.056 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville

When: April 15, 11:50 AM CST
Where: Bienville County, Pratt
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.347, -93.056 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caddo

When: April 15, 12:07 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, Forbing
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, De Soto

When: April 15, 12:18 PM CST
Where: De Soto County, Grand Cane
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.056, -93.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany

When: April 15, 12:40 PM CST
Where: St. Tammany County, Slidell
Coordinates: 30.409, -89.954 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Slidell.

Thunderstorm Wind, Red River

When: April 15, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Red River County, Martin
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville

When: April 15, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Bienville County, Saline
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.347, -93.056 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ouachita

When: April 15, 12:52 PM CST
Where: Ouachita County, West Monroe
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 32.478, -92.155 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 15, 12:52 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Ruston
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.602, -92.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Morehouse

When: April 15, 1:08 PM CST
Where: Morehouse County, Mer Rouge
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.820, -91.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto

When: April 15, 1:12 PM CST
Where: De Soto County, Oxford
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.056, -93.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: April 15, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Webster County, Heflin
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Red River

When: April 15, 1:18 PM CST
Where: Red River County, Coushatta
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Red River

When: April 15, 1:25 PM CST
Where: Red River County, Chestnut
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ouachita

When: April 15, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Ouachita County, Calhoun
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.478, -92.155 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 15, 1:35 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Kellys
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.302, -92.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jackson

When: April 15, 1:38 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Vernon
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.302, -92.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Winn

When: April 15, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Winn County, Mill
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 31.944, -92.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 15, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Walker
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.302, -92.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Winn

When: April 15, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Winn County, Hickory Valley
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 31.944, -92.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sabine

When: April 15, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Sabine County, Many
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 31.564, -93.555 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Natchitoches

When: April 15, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Natchitoches County, Flora
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 31.724, -93.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Rapides

When: April 15, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Rapides County, Glenmora
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 31.199, -92.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across north and central Lousiana during the late morning and afternoon producing scattered reports of wind damaged and hail. The highest recorded wind gust was 69 mph at Ruston. The most significant wind damage occurred near Martin where 3 houses were damaged when thunderstorm wind gust downed numerous trees, some falling on house. Most of other damage reported was confined to downed trees, some falling across county roads blocking traffic.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa

When: April 15, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Tangipahoa County, Pontchatoula
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.627, -90.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Newspaper accounts indicated several large oak trees were toppled by thunderstorm wind gusts. A mobile home was damaged when one on the trees fell on it.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, April 1994

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: 10328589, 10328576, 10328746, 10327451, 10328194, 10328195, 10326944, 10314082, 10327759, 10328844, 10328884, 10327310, 10327465, 10327760, 10327137, 10328196, 10328129, 10328885, 10327452, 10327466, 10327467, 10327138, 10327964, 10327965, 10327673, 10327966, 10327674, 10327569, 10328106, 10327298, 10327434.