Hail in Louisiana, April 5, 2005

Name: Hail in Louisiana, April 5, 2005
Start: 2005-04-05T22:30
End: 2005-04-05T22:30
Location: Louisiana

April 5, 2005 · 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.

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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 5, 1:48 PM CST, 8 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:48 PM CST, 8 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 11:00 AM CST, 11 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:10 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:10 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
610 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

ARZ050-051-059-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-
060200-
BOWIE-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-
MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-
SEVIER-SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
610 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A DIERKS TO
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...ATLANTA...MARSHALL...CARTHAGE...AND
NACOGDOCHES TEXAS LINE...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

MCCURTAIN

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

HOWARD...SEVIER...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...
RED RIVER...RUSK...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...WOOD

STRONG LIFT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...AND WARM...MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR FEEDING INTO THE REGION INTO A SLOW MOVING
DRY LINE...TRAILING SOUTH FROM SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
OVER OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...UP TO ONE TO
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH
SPEEDS TO 60 TO 70 MPH.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bossier

When: April 5, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Bossier County, Plain Dealing
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 32.917, -93.700

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, April 2005

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: 5481347.