Hail in Texas, March 19, 2005

Name: Hail in Texas, March 19, 2005
Start: 2005-03-19T20:48
End: 2005-03-19T20:48
Location: Texas

March 19, 2005 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 8:25 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 8:25 PM CST, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
825 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL HAIL STORMS HAVE OCCURRED THIS EVENING ALONG SURFACE
BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LARGE MCS IS LOCATED WEST OF
OUR REGION...BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW TO MOVE TO THE EAST. BASED ON
CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND NEW 00Z MODEL DATA...WILL TWEAK POPS FOR
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO REFLECT HIGHEST POPS TO THE WEST...AND LOWEST
TO THE EAST.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  58  71  58  77 /  60  80   0  20
KBPT  59  72  57  76 /  70  80   0  20
KAEX  56  69  55  77 /  60  80   0  20
KLFT  59  73  56  76 /  50  80   0  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

ERICKSON

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 8:30 PM CST, 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
830 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
201200-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-TYLER-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...OBERLIN...ABBEVILLE...
VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...MARKSVILLE...
LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...DERIDDER...
CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
SUNDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE AREA....BUT THE
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. THERE MAYBE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY
BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT.

ERICKSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:03 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
603 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0550 PM     HAIL             BUNDICK LAKE            30.75N 93.11W
03/19/2005  1.75 INCH        BEAUREGARD         LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:22 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
622 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0615 PM     HAIL             3 SW DERIDDER           30.82N 93.33W
03/19/2005  1.75 INCH        BEAUREGARD         LA   AIRPLANE PILOT

            PILOT REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

&&

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:56 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
656 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0610 PM     HAIL             GRANT                   30.79N 92.95W
03/19/2005  0.75 INCH        ALLEN              LA   PUBLIC

&&

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:14 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
814 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0812 PM     HAIL             ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
03/19/2005  1.75 INCH        RAPIDES            LA   PUBLIC

&&

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:20 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
820 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0730 PM     HAIL             LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
03/19/2005  1.00 INCH        VERNON             LA   PUBLIC

&&

ERICKSON

Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:37 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
837 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

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

0836 PM     HAIL             BALL                    31.42N 92.41W
03/19/2005  0.88 INCH        RAPIDES            LA   PUBLIC

&&

ERICKSON

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tyler

When: March 19, 8:48 PM CST
Where: Tyler County, 5 mi S of Colmesneil
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 30.867, -94.417

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, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5440268.