Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
Start: 1998-04-08T06:43
End: 1998-04-08T07:50
Location: Louisiana

April 8, 1998 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $70,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Claiborne

When: April 8, 6:43 AM CST to 7:50 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Haynesville
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $70,000
Coordinates: 32.970, -93.130

Tornado set down on the southeast side of Haynesville, within the city limits, and moved from southwest to northeast. The tornado tore off carport roofs, ripped apart patio covers (wood structures), and downed about 50 large trees. Three eyewitnesses saw the tornado move through the area. The touchdown point was 1/4 mile northwest of the Price and Highway 79 intersection and the ending location was two tenths of a mile southwest of the Forrest and Hickory intersection in Haynesville.

What these are

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5637012.