Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 27, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 27, 1994
Start: 1994-03-27T04:55
End: 1994-03-27T13:40
Location: Louisiana

March 27, 1994 · 16 events in 8 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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: $11,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: March 27, 4:55 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, Blanchard
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: March 27, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Haynesville
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.823, -92.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in extreme northwest Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: March 27, 10:20 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, Blanchard
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Webster

When: March 27, 10:50 AM CST
Where: Webster County, Dixie Inn
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: March 27, 10:50 AM CST
Where: Webster County, Minden
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Union

When: March 27, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Union County, Bernice
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.832, -92.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: March 27, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Athens
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.823, -92.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: March 27, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Arizona
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.823, -92.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: March 27, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Union County, Conley
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.832, -92.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas

When: March 27, 12:20 PM CST
Where: Tensas County, Newellton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.002, -91.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Madison

When: March 27, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Tallulah
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.364, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: March 27, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Tallulah
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.364, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caldwell

When: March 27, 12:42 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Holum
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.092, -92.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Franklin

When: March 27, 12:48 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, Winnsboro
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.133, -91.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: March 27, 12:48 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, Winnsboro
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.133, -91.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: March 27, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Talla Bena
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.364, -91.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An area of thunderstorms, some producing damaging wind straight line wind gusts and hail swept across north Lousiana during the morning. From newspaper accounts, the only signficant structural damage occurred near Newellton where a barn was heavily damaged by straight line winds. Elsewhere wind damaged was confined to snapped tree limbs, downed trees, and power lines.

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, March 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: 10328836, 10328743, 10328837, 10327447, 10327448, 10326941, 10328744, 10328745, 10326942, 10327646, 10328093, 10328094, 10328524, 10327911, 10327912, 10328095.