Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles
- When
- May 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, Paradis
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -90.430
Trees were knokced down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 4, 2007
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across southeast Louisiana as a weak frontal boundary prevailed across the area while an upper level disturbance moved across the Gulf Coast region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 LIX wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across southeast Louisiana as a weak frontal boundary prevailed across the area while an upper level disturbance moved across the Gulf Coast region.
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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 3, 8:58 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 8:58 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
958 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007
.UPDATE...
JUST UPDATED ZONES TO HEADLINE TORNADO WATCH 225 FOR ALL OF OUR
LOUISIANA PARISHES AND ALL BUT THE THREE COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES. WILL LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE ALONE THOUGH FEEL 100 PERCENT
POP IS MORE PLAUSIBLE FOR TONIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 65 81 66 86 / 70 60 20 20
BTR 67 82 67 88 / 70 60 20 20
MSY 70 82 70 87 / 70 60 30 20
GPT 68 82 69 84 / 50 60 40 20
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR LAZ034>040-046>050-
056>070.
GM...NONE.
MS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR MSZ068>071-077-080>082.
GM...NONE.Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 10:04 AM CST, 15 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1104 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-040000- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK- HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 1104 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM NEAR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR THROUGH FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEARLY EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS CAN HELP BY MAKING SURE DRAINS AND GUTTERS ARE CLEAR OF DEBRIS TO ALLOW WATER TO RUN OFF PROPERLY. 22
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 4, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Lafitte
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 29.680, -90.100
A tree was blown down on a trailer.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 4, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Kenner
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -90.230
Golfball size hail was observed at Chateau Estates.
Hail, Livingston
- When
- May 4, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, 1 mi N of Livingston
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 30.515, -90.750
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 4, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Kenner
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 29.980, -90.230
Nickel size hail was reported along Loyola Street.
Thunderstorm Wind, West Baton Rouge
- When
- May 4, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge County, 5 mi NW of Port Allen
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.501, -91.279
Telephone poles were knocked down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- May 4, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Orleans County, New Orleans
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -90.100
Small trees and large tree limbs were knocked down along Interstate 10 in New Orleans East between Crowder and Read Boulevards.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
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- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, May 4 to 14, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 4 to 5, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 4 to 5, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 4 to 5, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 4, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 4, 2007
- Hail in Georgia, May 4, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 4, 2007
- Hail in Nebraska, May 4, 2007
More
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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: 30755, 30756, 30752, 30753, 30754, 30757, 30758.