Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 13, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 10 mi NW of Ruston
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.617, -92.750
Hail covered the ground at Hwy 146.
Hail in Louisiana, March 13, 2005
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
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, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:20 PM CST, 1 hour 2 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, 52 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. 14
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 13, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Hail in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 16, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 2005
- Hail in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Hail in Georgia, March 13, 2005
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5481102.