Hail in Texas, March 22, 2005

Name: Hail in Texas, March 22, 2005
Start: 2005-03-22T01:01
End: 2005-03-22T01:01
Location: Texas

March 22, 2005 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Mar 21, 9:22 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 9:22 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
922 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO GRIDS/ZONES FOR TORNADO WATCH NO 58.
GRIDS OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 617 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005)

DISCUSSION...
HAVE MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO GRIDS/ZONES FOR TORNADO WATCH NO 57.
NO OTHER CHANGES.

PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 310 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005)

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST ACROSS CWA
THIS AFTERNOON. WITHOUT BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER AND ONLY MODEST LOW LEVEL INFLOW...
THIS CONVECTION NEVER REALLY GOT GOING. NOW OUR CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER
TONIGHT REST IN THE EVOLUTION OF RECENTLY DEVELOPING ISOLATED...BUT STRONG
CONVECTION...ALONG DRYLINE. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE LOST THE BEST OF THE LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADIC EVENT...
STRONG DRYING ALOFT...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND SOME EXTREME INSTABILITY OVER
EAST TX AS NOTED ON RUC BY MIDNIGHT...STILL LOOKING FOR SQUALL LINE DEVELOPMENT
THAT SHOULD EASILY EXCEED SEVERE CRITERIA FOR WINDS AND HAIL. UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE GREATER TO THE EAST...SO PUT IN LIKELY SEVERE TSTMS AREAWIDE ALL
NIGHT...AND HIGHLIGHTING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FOR NE TX. DRY SLOTTING SHOULD
BEGIN BY MORNING EAST TX...ELSEWHERE LEFT IN LOW POPS ON TUESDAY...LASTING
INTO AFTERNOON UP NORTH. DRY AIR AND WESTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP IT WARM ON
TUESDAY...AND HIGH PRESSURE PREVAIL UNTIL LATE WEEK. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
ARE UP IN THE AIR...AS DEEP LONG WAVE TROF TO THE WEST AND SOME
INSTABILITY NOTED OVER NE TX. HOWEVER...GULF NOT REALLY OPENING UP. FOR NOW
GOING WITH ISOLATED TSTMS NE TX. LOOKING FOR TROF TO SLOW DOWN...SO HAVE
CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL FRONT ARRIVES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
AND PUT IN WRAPAROUND RAIN INTO SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  54  74  47  68 /  70  20   0   0
MLU  55  75  49  69 /  70  30   0   0
DEQ  50  67  41  67 /  70  30  10   0
TXK  52  67  47  68 /  70  30   0   0
ELD  54  73  47  68 /  70  30   0   0
TYR  51  72  45  69 /  60  20   0   0
GGG  52  73  46  69 /  60  20   0   0
LFK  54  76  46  71 /  60  20   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

17/44

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 12:00 PM CST, 13 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST MON MAR 21 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>167-221200-
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 CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE SEVERE
THREAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL BE MOSTLY LIMITED TO NORTHEAST
TEXAS. THESE STORMS...MOST LIKELY A SQUALL LINE...WILL ADVANCE ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR STATE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
A DRY-LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AFTER SUNSET.
THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE YET ANOTHER SQUALL LINE AFFECTING MOST
OF THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL OF GOLFBALL
SIZE OR POSSIBLY GREATER...APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS. ALTHOUGH PARAMETERS FOR STRONG TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE
DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR EARLY THIS
EVENING AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE...MAINLY NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...
AS WELL AS BRIEF BOW ECHO CIRCULATIONS EMBEDDED WITHIN EITHER
SQUALL LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...HOWEVER...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA BY THIS TIME. OTHER ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TUESDAY IN
VICINITY OF THIS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE
ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:18 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1118 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1114 PM     HAIL             RUSTON                  32.53N 92.64W
03/21/2005  0.88 INCH        LINCOLN            LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            MAPLE DRIVE.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:27 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1127 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1119 PM     HAIL             RUSTON                  32.53N 92.64W
03/21/2005  0.88 INCH        LINCOLN            LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOUISIANA TECH DR.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:29 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1129 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1124 PM     HAIL             RUSTON                  32.53N 92.64W
03/21/2005  1.25 INCH        LINCOLN            LA   PUBLIC

            VEHICLE DAMAGED.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:45 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1145 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1135 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E CASTOR              32.25N 93.10W
03/21/2005                   BIENVILLE          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES DOWN ACROSS STATE HIGHWAY 4.

&&

JD

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:52 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1152 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1120 PM     HAIL             RUSTON                  32.53N 92.64W
03/21/2005  0.75 INCH        LINCOLN            LA   PUBLIC

&&

JD

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:58 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1158 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

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

1150 PM     HAIL             10 S FARMERVILLE        32.63N 92.40W
03/21/2005  1.75 INCH        UNION              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE HIGHWAY 145.

&&

JD

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nacogdoches

When: March 22, 1:01 AM CST
Where: Nacogdoches County, Cushing
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 31.800, -94.850

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

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: 5481011.