Hail, Jefferson
- When
- July 1, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Nederland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -93.983
Hail in Texas, July 1, 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 Jul 1, 9:15 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:15 AM CST, 10 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1015 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2001 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS A COUPLE OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES NEARBY THE FORECAST AREA. ONE IS CENTERED NORTH OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS/NORTHEAST TEXAS...WHILE THE OTHER IS SOUTH OVER THE WEST CENTRAL GULF...CREATING A GENERAL WEAKNESS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER 1.5 INCHES AND CAPES NEAR 4000 J/KG FROM KLCH 12Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING. LOCAL RADARS ALREADY SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COAST PUSHING INLAND WHILE VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING BUILD-UPS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS TRIGGER TEMPS IN THE MID 80S ARE BEING REACHED. THEREFORE...WILL SEE GOOD COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY UPDATE TO ZONES WILL BE TO FRESHEN UP WORDING. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... BPT 89/71/87/72 5263 LCH 88/70/86/72 5263 LFT 88/71/85/72 6463 AEX 89/70/88/70 6363 7-RUA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 011700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... OUT FLOW BOUDARIES ALONG WITH A SEA BREEZE...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE...AN UPPER LEVEL TROF TO THE WEST...WILL ENHANCE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING HOURS ENDING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE LITTLE WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP//WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH (ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE LOWER CASE). K. KUYPER
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:25 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
- Drought in Michigan, July 1 to 31, 2001
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1, 2001
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 1, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, July 1, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 1, 2001
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 1 to 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, July 1, 2001
- Wildfire in Alaska, July 1 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 1, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, July 1, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, July 1 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5259625.