Hail in Louisiana, April 10, 2004

Name: Hail in Louisiana, April 10, 2004
Start: 2004-04-10T19:25
End: 2004-04-10T19:25
Location: Louisiana

April 10, 2004 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Apr 10, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 11:00 AM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-111100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN
MOVING INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG
SURFACE HEATING WILL RESULT IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD
OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM TODAY. LOOK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH THESE STORMS HAVING THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL.
LATER TONIGHT...AS THE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTHWARD INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS
AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 2:45 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 PM     HAIL             6 N DETROIT             33.75N 95.27W
04/09/2004  0.75 INCH        RED RIVER          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:31 PM CST, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
731 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

ARZ060-061-070-TXZ097-111-112-125-126-136>138-149-150-110100-
BOWIE-CASS-CHEROKEE-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-MARION-MILLER-MORRIS-
NEVADA-RUSK-SMITH-UPSHUR-
731 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR  REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSK TO HENDERSON TO CARTHAGE TEXAS...
TO TEXARKANA TO HOPE ARKANSAS LINE...

A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT...THE THREAT OF ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHED.

VII

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:31 PM CST, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
731 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

ARZ060-061-070-TXZ097-111-112-125-126-136>138-149-150-110110-
BOWIE-CASS-CHEROKEE-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-MARION-MILLER-MORRIS-
NEVADA-RUSK-SMITH-UPSHUR-
731 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 64 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ALONG AND NORTH
OF A RUSK TO HENDERSON TO CARTHAGE TEXAS...TO TEXARKANA TO HOPE
ARKANSAS LINE...

A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT...THE THREAT OF ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHED.

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:13 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caldwell

When: April 10, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, 1 mi S of Columbia
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 32.083, -92.083

Hail covered the ground.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, April 2004

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: 5389335.