Hail, Calcasieu
- When
- April 2, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Manchester
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.217, -93.100
Hail in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
At the same time as the severe thunderstorm winds, dime-sized hail pelted the Manchester community. It piled up two inches on the road, and created a thick ice fog that lasted for nearly an hour.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
At the same time as the severe thunderstorm winds, dime-sized hail pelted the Manchester community. It piled up two inches on the road, and created a thick ice fog that lasted for nearly an hour.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000
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: 5140570.