Name: Hail in Louisiana, May 3, 2007
Start: 2007-05-03T18:20
End: 2007-05-03T18:20
Location: Louisiana

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 happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

A thunderstorm produced hail in central Louisiana.

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 May 3, 5:47 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 5:47 PM CST, 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

.SHORT TERM...
UPDATED FOR NEW TOR WATCH OVER CNTRL LA TILL 10 PM... AVOYELLES AND
RAPIDES PARISHES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  69  84  72  86 /  50  30  10  10
KBPT  68  84  72  86 /  50  20  10  10
KAEX  67  84  69  88 /  90  30  10  10
KLFT  69  84  71  87 /  60  40  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AVOYELLES...AND RAPIDES.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...JEFFERSON
     DAVIS...AND VERNON.

TX...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

GM...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20
     NM.

&&

K. KUYPER

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:59 AM CST, 14 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
459 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-041100-
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-
459 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION. VERY GOOD MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN
PLACE AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS. THEREFORE THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON AVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HIGHER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IF ENOUGH DAYTIME HEATING
OCCURS...AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE OVER-HEAD...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WARM
TEMPERATURES. BETTER MOISTURE VALUES AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL
COMBINE FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RUA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 4:49 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
549 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

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

0529 PM     HAIL             COLMESNEIL              30.91N 94.42W
05/03/2007  E0.88 INCH       TYLER              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

FNAVEJAR

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rapides

When: May 3, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Rapides County, 0.59 mi E of Ball
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 31.420, -92.410

Penny-sized hail near Ball.

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, May 2007

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: 35475.