Hail, Tensas
- When
- March 18, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tensas County, Newellton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.067, -91.233
Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2000
2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
- $15,000
- 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
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Morehouse
- When
- March 18, 7:45 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.820, -91.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain caused flooding and the closure of several roads. Several homes were threatened.
Flash Flood, West Carroll
- When
- March 18, 8:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.789, -91.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain caused flooding of several roads.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5136700, 5136701, 5136702.