Hail in Mississippi, April 6, 2005

Name: Hail in Mississippi, April 6, 2005
Start: 2005-04-06T13:15
End: 2005-04-06T13:15
Location: Mississippi

April 6, 2005 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Wind
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Winter weather
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 6, 6:00 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:00 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
700 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN AREA AND TIME. NEW WATCH BOX 130
WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 12Z TO 18Z(7AM TO 1PM) WILL UPDATE ALL
PRODUCTS TO REFLECT.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
WILL BE BRIEF AS VARIABLES ARE COMING TOGETHER QUICKLY THIS MORNING
FOR A BAD DAY. STRONG SEVERE LINE OF TS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL LA
ATTM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. SINGLE CELL DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING AHEAD
OF THE LINE IN THE WARM SECTOR AS WELL AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST
AREA TO SEE TORNADIC EVENT WILL BE SE LA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM. FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT
AS THE LINE SLOWS DOWN AND MANY TRAINING TS DEVELOP WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN. WILL BRING ALL SEVERE TS HAZARDS IN THE HWO THIS MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  76  65  72  55 /  80  30  10  10
BTR  78  65  72  55 /  80  30  00  10
MSY  76  67  76  60 /  80  30  00  00
GPT  72  68  72  63 /  90  50  00  00

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM FOR ALL SE LA.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL SE LA.
MS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MISS.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MISS.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL
     WATERS INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS THROUGH
     TONIGHT.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-071100-
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-
1030 AM CDT WED APR 6 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
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 1 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 6 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES ARE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST THROUGH THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING ISOLATED
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

HEAVY RAINFALL...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE LINES OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST. GENERALLY TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT
INCHES POSSIBLE IF STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.

RIVER FLOODING...
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD ALREADY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM TODAY AND NEW CREST HEIGHTS MAY
BE COMPUTED IN ADDITIONAL FORECASTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
RIVER STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

MARINE...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS TO 20 KNOTS
AND WAVES TO 7 FEET. THIS WILL PRODUCE TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE RIVER FLOODING DUE TO ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINS
WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.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. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR
ACTIVATION IF NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:43 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1243 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1124 AM     TORNADO          8 S BELLE CHASSE        29.73N 90.00W
04/06/2005                   PLAQUEMINES        LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TOUCHDOWN...4 HOUSES DAMAGED. POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

LBUCKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:46 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1246 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1031 AM     TORNADO          6 S BELLE CHASSE        29.76N 90.00W
04/06/2005                   PLAQUEMINES        LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...6 MILES SOUTH OG BELLE CHASE FERRY.
            TREES AND BUILDING DAMAGED IN ONE QUARTER MIULE LENGTH BY
            ONE EIGTH MILE WIDTH. ONE HOUSE DESTROYED...SEVERAL
            DAMAGED. TREES BLOWN DOWN.

&&

LBUCKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:47 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1247 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1214 PM     TORNADO          PORT FOURCHON           29.11N 90.19W
04/06/2005                   LAFOURCHE          LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...NO INJURIES

&&

LBUCKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:49 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1249 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1235 PM     TORNADO          VIOLET                  29.90N 89.89W
04/06/2005                   ST. BERNARD        LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN ST BERNARD PARISH. EXACT LOCATION
            UNKNOWN.

&&

LBUCKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:56 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1256 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1135 AM     TORNADO          3 W BAY ST. LOUIS       30.31N 89.38W
04/06/2005                   HANCOCK            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING.

&&

LBUCKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:04 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
104 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

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

1253 PM     TORNADO          MONTEGUT                29.47N 90.56W
04/06/2005                   TERREBONNE         LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO SPOTTED.

&&

LBUCKLIN

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Amite

When: April 6, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Amite County, 5 mi E of Liberty
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.167, -90.750

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 Mississippi in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5443272.