Hail in Louisiana, March 13, 2005

Name: Hail in Louisiana, March 13, 2005
Start: 2005-03-13T18:45
End: 2005-03-13T18:45
Location: Louisiana

March 13, 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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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 Mar 13, 3:20 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:20 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
FRONT NEAR A ELD-SHV-LFK LINE AT MID AFTERNOON...SLIGHTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
SOME CONVECTION TRYING TO GET GOING ALONG FRONT...BUT CAP SEEMS TO
BE HOLDING. WILL CARRY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS LA PORTION EARLY
TONIGHT...BUT KEEPING POPS LOW...EVEN WITH SEVERE TSTM WATCH IN PLACE.
FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LATEST GFS RUN INDICATES
A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT AS INVERTED TROF DEVELOPS ALONG GULF COAST COMBINED
WITH DECENT SHORT WAVE WHICH SHOULD PICK UP THE MOISTURE AND CARRY SYSTEM
RAPIDLY EAST WEDNESDAY. THEREAFTER...A DRY PERIOD...WITH MOSTLY NORTHERLY
SURFACE WINDS AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. ANOTHER DECENT SHORT WAVE KICKS
OUT OF ROCKIES ON SUNDAY...THUS WILL BRING IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
FOR END OF FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  40  60  43  52 /  30  10  10  50
MLU  39  58  43  54 /  40  10  10  50
DEQ  30  60  37  49 /  10  10  10  50
TXK  37  59  41  51 /  10  10  10  50
ELD  36  60  38  54 /  30  10  10  50
TYR  41  61  43  55 /  10  10  10  50
GGG  40  61  43  54 /  10  10  10  50
LFK  43  63  45  61 /  10  10  10  60

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

14/14

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141205-
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-
330 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS ARE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA THIS EVENING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:30 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Winn

When: March 13, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Winn County, 5 mi NW of Calvin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.017, -92.850

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, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5481031.