Hail, Union
- When
- March 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Downsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -92.420
Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
7 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 7
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 Shreveport radar (KSHV), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- March 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Downsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -92.420
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- March 5, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, Calhoun
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.370
Hail, Union
- When
- March 5, 7:39 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 4 mi SE of Downsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -92.370
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- March 5, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, 3 mi NE of Calhoun
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -92.330
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 5, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Choudrant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -92.520
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- March 5, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, West Monroe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -92.120
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
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 5 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, March 5 to 6, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, March 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 1998
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: 5634137, 5634138, 5634141, 5634139, 5634142, 5634140, 5634143.