Hail in Texas, April 5, 2005

Name: Hail in Texas, April 5, 2005
Start: 2005-04-05T21:40
End: 2005-04-05T21:40
Location: Texas

April 5, 2005 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Apr 5, 1:48 PM CST, 7 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:48 PM CST, 7 hours 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
248 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...

ROLLING NOW AS TORNADO WATCH 125 ISSUED. WILL UPDATE ZONES WITH
NEW PACKAGE AT 3 PM. BIG LOW ROLLING THIS WAY...SURFACE DRY AIR
PUNCHING INTO DFW AREA NOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND RUMBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST. A SECOND CONVECTIVE PUNCH
MAY GET GOING LATER TONIGHT DOWN SOUTH...AND SPREAD INTO LA...
POSSIBLY APPEARING AS A SOUTHWARD DEVELOPING OF THIS AFTERNOON/S
LINE OF CONVECTION.

EVENT SHOULD PUSH OFF TO THE EAST LATE TONIGHT. YET THE COLD CORE
OF THE UPPER LOW WILL TOUCH OFF RAIN AND SOME CONVECTION WEDENSDAY
AND A LITTLE BEYOND.

AFTER A SPAN OF DRY WEATHER AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO FINISH THE
WEEK...WE HAVE POTENTIALLY ANOTHER UPPER LOW ROLLING OUT OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND COMING THIS WAY SUNDAY/MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  62  75  55  70 /  60  30  10  10
MLU  63  74  55  69 /  70  50  20  10
DEQ  57  72  48  67 /  60  50  20  10
TXK  59  74  54  67 /  60  50  20  10
ELD  62  74  53  68 /  70  50  20  10
TYR  58  75  52  70 /  30  10  10  10
GGG  60  75  53  70 /  40  10  10  10
LFK  61  80  52  73 /  50  10  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...SEVIER...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...
      HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...MILLER...LAFAYETTE...COLUMBIA...UNION.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CADDO...BOSSIER...WEBSTER...
      CLAIBORNE...LINCOLN...UNION...DE SOTO...RED RIVER...
      BIENVILLE...JACKSON...OUACHITA...SABINE...NATCHITOCHES...
      WINN...GRANT...CALDWELL...LA SALLE.
OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...MCCURTAIN.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT TUESDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...RED RIVER...BOWIE...FRANKLIN...
      TITUS...CAMP...MORRIS...CASS...WOOD...UPSHUR...MARION...
      SMITH...GREGG...HARRISON...CHEROKEE...RUSK...PANOLA...
      NACOGDOCHES...SHELBY...ANGELINA...SAN AUGUSTINE...SABINE.

&&

17/17

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 11:00 AM CST, 10 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 5 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>167-061100-
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-
1200 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS
WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER DUE TO STRONG SHEAR...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:08 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
808 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

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

0730 PM     HAIL             10 NW WRIGHT CITY       34.17N 95.13W
04/05/2005  1.00 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN THE COMMUNITY OF
            RUFE

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:35 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
835 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

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

0755 PM     HAIL             10 S BATTIEST           34.26N 94.93W
04/05/2005  1.75 INCH        MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE CARTER MOUNTAIN
            COMMUNITY

0810 PM     HAIL             8 NW CLARKSVILLE        33.69N 95.15W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

15

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
837 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

ARZ050-051-059-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>152-
060150-
BOWIE-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-
MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-
SEVIER-SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
837 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 127...AND
ADDITIONAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE NEW WATCH...

THE TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF A DIERKS TO TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...ATLANTA...MARSHALL...
CARTHAGE...AND NACOGDOCHES TEXAS LINE...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

MCCURTAIN

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

HOWARD...SEVIER...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...
RED RIVER...RUSK...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...WOOD...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 127 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT. THE COUNTIES AND PARISHES
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE INCLUDED IN ANOTHER
STATEMENT TO FOLLOW AND IN THE CURRENT WATCH OUTLINE.

06

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-010-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>153-165-060900-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-
DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-
LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WOOD-
930 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 127 IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM
CDT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND MOST OF EAST TEXAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 127 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

MCCURTAIN

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...
MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...UNION...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...
RED RIVER...RUSK...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...WOOD...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

BOSSIER...CADDO...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...WEBSTER...

STRONG LIFT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...ALONG WITH WARM...
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR...FEEDING INTO THE REGION INTO A SLOW
MOVING DRY LINE...THAT TRAILED SOUTH ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...
WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...
UP TO BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE OVER EAST TEXAS...AND THREE
QUARTER TO ONE INCH SIZE IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MOST OF THE
REPORTED SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 930 PM CDT...HAVE BEEN LARGE
HAIL.

06

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:50 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
950 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

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

0845 PM     HAIL             12 NW JACKSONVILLE      32.09N 95.40W
04/05/2005  3.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TEA CUP SIZED HAIL FELL AT CHEROKEE LANDING ON THE EAST
            SIDE OF LAKE PALESTINE ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE LAKE
            NEAR THE DAM

0845 PM     HAIL             10 NW JACKSONVILLE      32.07N 95.38W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF CUNEY

0850 PM     HAIL             5 WNW BULLARD           32.17N 95.40W
04/05/2005  2.75 INCH        SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF
            TEASELVILLE

0850 PM     HAIL             5 W TROUP               32.14N 95.21W
04/05/2005  1.75 INCH        SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0855 PM     HAIL             5 S TYLER               32.26N 95.30W
04/05/2005  0.88 INCH        SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL IN FLINT

0855 PM     HAIL             5 S BULLARD             32.07N 95.32W
04/05/2005  0.88 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL AT MOUNT SELMAN

0855 PM     HAIL             BULLARD                 32.14N 95.32W
04/05/2005  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 9:23 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1023 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

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

0925 PM     HAIL             1 N TROUP               32.16N 95.12W
04/05/2005  2.00 INCH        SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0925 PM     HAIL             2 SE WHITEHOUSE         32.21N 95.20W
04/05/2005  0.88 INCH        SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

0930 PM     HAIL             1 N TROUP               32.16N 95.12W
04/05/2005  1.50 INCH        SMITH              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR TROUP

0935 PM     HAIL             5 W HENDERSON           32.16N 94.88W
04/05/2005  1.75 INCH        RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF JOINERVILLE

0935 PM     HAIL             8 W HENDERSON           32.16N 94.93W
04/05/2005  1.00 INCH        RUSK               TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL AT TURNERTOWN ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST
            OF HENDERSON

0940 PM     HAIL             HENDERSON               32.16N 94.80W
04/05/2005  1.25 INCH        RUSK               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL FELL IN DOWNTOWN HENDERSON

0945 PM     HAIL             10 SE HENDERSON         32.05N 94.68W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        RUSK               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL FELL ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF LANEVILLE

0955 PM     HAIL             2 NE HENDERSON          32.18N 94.77W
04/05/2005  1.75 INCH        RUSK               TX   PUBLIC

1000 PM     HAIL             TATUM                   32.31N 94.52W
04/05/2005  2.50 INCH        RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL FELL ON THE RUSK COUNTY SIDE OF
            TATUM. HAIL APPARENTLY WAS THROWN OUT OF THE NORTH SIDE
            OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...SOME 15 MILES OR SO AWAY
            FROM THE MAIN HAIL CORE

&&

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Shelby

When: April 5, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Shelby County, Timpson
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 31.900, -94.400

Hail covered the ground.

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 Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, 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: 5481350.