Louisiana, 1994Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 28, 1994
May 28, 1994 · 6 events in 5 counties and zones
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $56,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Allen
- When
- May 28, 1:54 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County, Maurice
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -92.150
A tornado touched down west of Maurice overturning a mobile home, and causing roof damage to other houses. The two occupants of the mobile escaped injury.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. James
- When
- May 28, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. James County, Convent
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 30.026, -90.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- May 28, 3:30 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Merryville to Deridder
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts and hail in Beauregard Parish during the late afternoon and early evening. The most extensive damage occurred in DeRidder where several trees were toppled, and the roof of a high school was damaged by strong wind gusts.
Hail, St. John the Baptist
- When
- May 28, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. John the Baptist County, Laplace
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.127, -90.471 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 28, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Metairie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.681, -90.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana during the afternoon produced dime- to penny-size hail in a couple of locations, and strong wind gusts in the LaPlace area downed a few large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beauregard
- When
- May 28, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts and hail in Beauregard Parish during the late afternoon and early evening. The most extensive damage occurred in DeRidder where several trees were toppled, and the roof of a high school was damaged by strong wind gusts.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 28, 19949 injured · $56,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 19941 injured · $65,000 · F1 · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 28, 1994$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 27 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 19941 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in New Mexico, May 28, 19941.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 19941 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 28, 199452 kt wind · 1 event
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: 10328256, 10326926, 10328624, 10326932, 10327998, 10328625.