Thunderstorm Wind, Evangeline
- When
- March 14, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County, Ville Platte
- Coordinates
- 30.729, -92.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tree limbs downed power lines.
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, March 14, 1995
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lafourche
- When
- March 14, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Thibodaux
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime size hail reported by the public.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche
- When
- March 14, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Chackbay
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A carport was damaged.
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- March 14, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Fields
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickel size hail reported by public.
Hail, Lafourche
- When
- March 14, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Thibodaux
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several reports of dime and marble size hail in north part of city.
Hail, De Soto
- When
- March 14, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, Gloster
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.056, -93.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball size hail covered the ground.
Hail, Vernon
- When
- March 14, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Stonewall
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.108, -93.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tree limbs downed power lines.
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- March 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Of Ragley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Public reported quarter size hail covered ground.
Tornado, Calcasieu
- When
- March 14, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Holmwood
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -93.070
Tornado touched down in a rice field.
Hail, Beauregard
- When
- March 14, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Ragley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Civil Defense Director reported dime size hail covered ground.
Hail, Jefferson Davis
- When
- March 14, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County, Lacassine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.681, -90.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter size hail reported by Sheriff's Office. 14,2043 CST,,,0,0,?,0,Hail (0.75) Dime size hail.
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10327889, 10328064, 10328065, 10328700, 10328066, 10327821, 10327268, 10328701, 10328470, 10328702, 10328019.