Name: Hail in Mississippi, April 22, 2005
Start: 2005-04-22T18:45
End: 2005-04-22T18:45
Location: Mississippi

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 1:59 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:59 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
259 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG MID LEVEL HIGH CAUSING STRONG CAPPING ACROSS THE AREA
FROM NW TO SE(HIGH BRIDGING THE FRONT). LINE OF SH/TS WILL BE VERY
SMALL IF ANYTHING. SEVERE TS ARE NOT GOING TO BE EXPECTED AFTER
SUNSET SINCE MOST FORCING IS BEING CREATED BY BUOYANCY OVER OUR
AREA. OVER THE LCH AND JAN AND MOB AREAS MORE DYNAMIC SUPPORT WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR EVENING TS.

&&

.MARINE...
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO HOWL OVER THE WATERS AS THE COLD
FRONT PASSES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  54  68  41  69 /  30   0   0   0
BTR  55  71  42  70 /  30   0   0   0
MSY  62  72  49  70 /  30   0   0   0
GPT  59  71  42  69 /  30   0   0   0

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
MS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI MSZ068>071.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR
ALL COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:00 AM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-231100-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. CHARLES-ST. HELENA-
ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-
WILKINSON-
1100 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

LAZ034-230012-
POINTE COUPEE LA-
614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISH NEAR PALMETTO.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL
AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LIVONIA THROUGH 715 PM CDT.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GUSTING TO
50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES.

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 6:12 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
712 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

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

0708 PM     HAIL             LOTTIE                  30.56N 91.64W
04/22/2005  1.75 INCH        POINTE COUPEE      LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

LBUCKLIN

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Amite

When: April 22, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Amite County, Smithdale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.333, -90.700

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5442975.