Hail, Grant
- When
- February 26, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Oakgrove
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.517, -92.550
Hail in Louisiana, February 26, 2001
1 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
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 10:25 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 10:25 AM CST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1025 AM CST MON FEB 26 2001 RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES ALREADY THIS MORNING...AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO OVERRIDE COOL SURFAjCE AIR. CURRENT ZONE FORECAST ALREADY REFLECTING THIS SCENARIO...BUT WILL HAVE TO DO AN UPDATE AT ABOUT 1100 AM...TO MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES TO THE ZONES. 03 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 10:44 AM CST, 21 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261800- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1044 AM CST MON FEB 26 2001 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER EAST TEXAS...AND WEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING...AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED CASE OR TWO... OF LARGE HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...NO ORGANIZE9D SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS... AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS... IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:05 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
- Rip Current in Guam, February 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 26 to 27, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 26 to 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 26, 2001
- Flooding in California, February 26, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5230693.