Hail, Calcasieu
- When
- June 27, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, 3 mi N of Sulphur
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.283, -93.367
Hail in Louisiana, June 27, 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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 1:15 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:15 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 215 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MO IS SLOWLY RETROGRADING SOUTHWEST AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A NORTHWEST FLOW ABOVE 15 THSD FEET IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LCH SOUNDING SHOWS A PRECIP WATER OF 1.74 AND A CAPE OF 2362. THIS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND FRIDAY CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. THE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH AMPLE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. MARINE...BOY035 SHOWED A SOUTH WIND AT 7 MPH AND 2 FOOT SEAS. LITTLE MORE WIND AT NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LIGHT WINDS DURING THE DAY. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EXTENDED...A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEAS BREEZE FRONT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .PREVIOUdS NUMBERS... AEX 71/89/70/89/71 24242 BPT 71/89/72/88/73 14141 LCH 72/88/72/88/72 15151 LFT 72/88/72/89/73 15151 .LCH...NONE. 55
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Heat in Texas, June 27, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2001
- Tornado in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5256601.