Louisiana, 2004

Hail in Louisiana, June 1, 2004

June 1, 2004 · 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 Jun 1, 1:59 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:59 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:00 AM CST, 16 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:25 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1125 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

TXZ149-152-165-010700-
ANGELINA-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-
1125 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 362 CONTINUED IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF EAST TEXAS...

IN EAST TEXAS THE WATCH INCLUDED ANGELINA AND NACOGDOCHES
COUNTIES...AND CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 1125 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED SOUTHWEST OF A PALESTINE TO
CROCKETT AND GROVETON LINE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER EAST TEXAS NEAR MOUNT ENTERPRISE...CARTHAGE...AND
CUSHING. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EAST
TEXAS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:25 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
125 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

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

0120 AM     HAIL             SHREVEPORT              32.47N 93.80W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        CADDO              LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            HAIL OCCURRED AT WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
249 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

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

0210 AM     HAIL             GRAND CANE              32.08N 93.81W
06/01/2004  1.75 INCH        DE SOTO            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:42 AM CST, 28 minutes before
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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caddo

When
June 1, 3:10 AM CST
Where
Caddo County, Shreveport
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.483, -93.750

Hail fell 1/2 mile south of the Inner Loop along Ellerbe Road.

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 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: 5403836.