Hail in Texas, April 29, 2006

Name: Hail in Texas, April 29, 2006
Start: 2006-04-29T06:38
End: 2006-04-29T06:38
Location: Texas

April 29, 2006 · 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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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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 5:19 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 5:19 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
619 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED PRODUCTS FOR NEW TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 505 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006)

DISCUSSION...
TORNADO WATCHES ARE POSTED FOR A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS
THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF TEXAS FROM WEST OF SHREVEPORT SOUTH TO WEST
OF HOUSTON. STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD RAPIDLY AT SPEEDS OVER
50 MPH. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO HARDIN COUNTY BEFORE 6 AM WITH THE
LARGER STORMS EXPECTED IN AROUND 7 AM. STORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
LA AROUND 8:30 AM AND INTO THE LFT/AEX AROUND 930 TO 10 AM. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. THIS LATEST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO BRING MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL TO THE REGION AS WE REMAIN IN A
MODERATE DROUGHT.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY AS STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
AHEAD OF A COOL FRONT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO END TONIGHT AS A COOL FRONT FINALLY
MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION.

WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS TO RETURN ON TUESDAY THROUGH
THE REST OF THE WEEK.

AVIATION...
LINE OF STORMS WITH THE PSBLTY THAT SOME MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY
MVFR WITH IFR IN STORMS TODAY. STRONGEST STORMS TODAY MAINLY IN
THE MORNING HOURS.

K. KUYPER

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
     CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST.
     MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...AND VERNON.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...JEFFERSON
     DAVIS...RAPIDES...AND VERNON.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA
     TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20
     NM TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20
     NM.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:49 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
449 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-301000-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
449 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM WEST OF SHREVEPORT TO
WEST OF HOUSTON THIS MORNING WITH TORNADO WATCHES POSTED AT THIS
TIME AS THE LINE MOVES EASTWARD. THERE IS A THREAT THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOS.
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END TONIGHT AS A COOL FRONT SLIPS THROUGH
THE REGION.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE ON TAP FROM TUESDAY ONWARD
INTO NEXT WEEKEND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER
WITH THESE STORMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

K. KUYPER

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hardin

When: April 29, 6:38 AM CST
Where: Hardin County, 5 mi NW of Thicket
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.467, -94.667

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, April 2006

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: 5499537.