Hail, Webster
- When
- May 9, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Heflin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Louisiana, May 9, 1993
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Caddo
- When
- May 9, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Oil City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, De Soto
- When
- May 9, 8:21 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)
Hail, Bienville
- When
- May 9, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County, Bienville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.347, -93.056 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A line of numerous thunderstorms moving east 25 to 35 mph produced large hail just southwest of Heflin, in Bienville, Oil City, and Grand Cane between 1840-2050 CST.
What these are
- 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
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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: 10327440, 10328821, 10328871, 10328805.