Hail in Louisiana, May 13, 2003

Name: Hail in Louisiana, May 13, 2003
Start: 2003-05-13T23:30
End: 2003-05-13T23:30
Location: Louisiana

May 13, 2003 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 May 13, 9:35 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:35 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

UPDATED ZONES AS SVR WATCH 362 HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWEST ARKNASAS...
BOWIE AND CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS MCCURTAIN COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

UPDATED ZONES ALREADY OUT...13.

.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 11:00 AM CST, 12 hours 30 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>167-141100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...GENERALLY NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. WEAK LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
WILL KEEP THE TORNADO THREAT LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 7:35 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    4 E DEQUEEN               AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   SEVIER                         REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0735 PM    2 W DIERKS                AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   HOWARD                         BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          BREAKING OUT AUTOMOBILE
                                          WINDOWS. REPORT FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0735 PM    DIERKS                    AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   HOWARD                         REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0745 PM    1 E LOCKESBURG            AR   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   SEVIER                         REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT ON
                                          PROVO RD.

0748 PM    7 W NASHVILLE             AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   HOWARD                         BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          BREAKING OUT AUTOMOBILE
                                          WINDOWS. REPORT FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0755 PM    1 W MINERAL SPRINGS       AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   HOWARD                         BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          BREAKING OUT AUTOMOBILE
                                          WINDOWS. REPORT FROM
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 13, 11:10 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1210 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    DEANN                     AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03   HEMPSTEAD                      TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWNED. REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0820 PM    PRESCOTT                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03   NEVADA                         NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWNED THROUGHOUT
                                          THE COUNTY. REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM    STAMPS                    AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   LAFAYETTE                      REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0920 PM    MAGNOLIA                  AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   COLUMBIA                       REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0930 PM    HAYNESVILLE               LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   CLAIBORNE                      REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0935 PM    1 S EMERSON               AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   COLUMBIA                       REPORT FROM SPOTTER

0946 PM    SHONGALOO                 LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   WEBSTER                        REPORT FROM SPOTTER

1007 PM    HOMER                     LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   CLAIBORNE                      REPORT FROM SPOTTER

1015 PM    HOMER                     LA   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/13/03   CLAIBORNE                      REPORT FROM SPOTTER

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bienville

When: May 13, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Bienville County, Gibsland
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.550, -93.050

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, May 2003

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: 5353274.