Hail in Louisiana, January 3, 2009

Name: Hail in Louisiana, January 3, 2009
Start: 2009-01-03T17:59
End: 2009-01-03T18:04
Location: Louisiana

January 3, 2009 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A round of severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of January 3rd as a upper level disturbance moved east across the northern Gulf of Mexico. This feature combined with increasing instability and helped produce scattered thunderstorms which produced penny sized hail.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 JAN wrote it up.

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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 3, 2:43 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:43 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 12:57 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1257 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

LAZ023>026-MSZ043>046-048>066-072>074-041900-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-
KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
1257 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS. AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST LARGE AMOUNTS OF WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE
PUSHED INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF
MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LEAD TO A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MOST FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR.

THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA AROUND
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY...BRINGING A
CHANCE FOR MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL
DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT DRIFTS SLOWLY
TO THE NORTH. STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE MAY
LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
TOTALS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGH AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES
MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-MSZ018-019-025>042-047-041900-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-
1257 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA AROUND
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY BRINGING A CHANCE
FOR MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL
DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT DRIFTS SLOWLY
TO THE NORTH. STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE MAY
LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
TOTALS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGH AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES
MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 3:26 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Catahoula

When: January 3, 5:59 PM CST to 6:04 PM CST
Where: Catahoula County, 1.82 mi ENE of Duty to 3.26 mi NNE of Enterprise
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.931, -91.902

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 Louisiana in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, January 2009

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 147160.