Hail, Calcasieu
- When
- January 22, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Vinton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
City Police reported dime-size hail.
Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, January 22, 1995
1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 3
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
1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Calcasieu
- When
- January 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Ragley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -93.230
Tornado touched down briefly.
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- January 22, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Lake Charles
- Coordinates
- 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Power line downed.
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1995Warnings in Louisiana, January 1995
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: 10328426, 10328459, 10328460.