Hail in Louisiana, April 6, 2005

Name: Hail in Louisiana, April 6, 2005
Start: 2005-04-06T08:20
End: 2005-04-06T08:20
Location: Louisiana

April 6, 2005 · NWS LCH · 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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 3:35 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:35 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
435 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

.SYNOPSIS...SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A 1001 MB LO NEAR KOKC W/ A CDFNT
DRAPED ACROSS ERN OK AND ERN TX. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LO
DRIFTING SE ACROSS OK WITH A S/WV AND JET STREAK ROUNDING THE LO
ACROSS ERN TX. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW AN ASSOCIATED SQUALL LINE
STRETCHING FROM WRN MS/NERN LA ACROSS THE FCST AREA TO THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS OFF GALVESTON BAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...LINE BISECTING THE AREA THIS MRNG WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH SLOWLY EWD PAST SUNRISE. AS RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS BEST CHC FOR SVR WX HAS BEEN MAINLY TO OUR N WHERE
BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR & INFLUENCE FROM JET STREAK HAVE BEEN MORE
PRONOUNCED. HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT A STORM OR TWO GOING SVR OVER
OUR NERN ZONES THIS MRNG.

MID/UPR-LVL LO WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SE TODAY WHILE SFC LO TRACKS
A LITTLE MORE E. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AIRMASS MAY NOT BE
DRYING SO MUCH AS MODELS ARE ADVERTISING. W/ AT LEAST A SLIGHTLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE ALONG W/ DECENT CAPES & LAPSE
RATES PLUS ADDITIONAL S/WV ENERGY ROUNDING THE LO HAVE ELECTED TO
HOLD ONTO CHC POPS THIS AFTN FOR POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT
UNTIL THE FNT FINALLY PASSES LATER THIS AFTN. AFTER FROPA JUST
EXPECTING SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS BUT SLIM RAIN CHANCES TO
ACCOMPANY THE LO AS IT MOVES PAST THRU THU.

NEXT SHOT AT RAIN STARTS SUN (WENT 20 POP AREAWIDE) AND LINGERS
THRU MON NGT AS NEXT MID/UPR LO & ACCOMPANYING SFC FEATURE PASS
THE AREA. BEST CHC LOOKS TO BE MON.

&&

.MARINE...DROPPED SCA FOR THE NEAR SHORE WRN WATERS AS WINDS/SEAS
HAVE RELAXED THERE. SCA CONTINUES ELSEWHERE...MAINLY FOR SEAS
ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WRN WATERS THOUGH AS WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW
20 KT.

&&

.AVIATION...NOT A GREAT MRNG FOR FLYING W/ MVFR & IFR CONDITIONS
PREVAILING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS LOOKS TO
ENTER THE PICTURE BY THE AFTN W/ VFR CEILINGS ANTICIPATED BEYOND
THAT W/ WRAP AROUND CLOUDS MOVING IN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  77  57  75  55 /  30  20  10   0
KBPT  78  57  75  55 /  30  20  10   0
KAEX  77  54  73  53 /  50  30  10   0
KLFT  77  57  74  56 /  50  30  10   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH #129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 CDT FOR
     RAPIDES...ALLEN...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION PARISHES EASTWARD.
TX...NONE.
CW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     CAMERON OUT TO 60 NM AND CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND 20 NM TO 60 NM.
     TORNADO WATCH #129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 CDT LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
     RIVER TO CAMERON OUT TO 20 NM.

&&

LGE/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:22 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
522 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-071100-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-TYLER-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...STEPHENSVILLE...OBERLIN...
ABBEVILLE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...
MARKSVILLE...LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...
DERIDDER...CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A BROKEN SQUALL LINE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING HAS
THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A
SMALL CHANCE FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...AND DUE TO THAT A TORNADO WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BEHIND THIS
LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON...UNTIL A COLD FRONT PASSES LATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
MAINLY DRY WEATHER CAN EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE
RETURNS TO THE REGION. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION WILL
PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE IN THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY
BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.

LGE

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Evangeline

When: April 6, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Evangeline County, Ville Platte
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.683, -92.267

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 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: 5448763.