Hail, Rapides
- When
- September 28, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, Smithville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -92.420
Nickel-sized hail was reported in Pineville.
Hail in Louisiana, September 28, 2011
An outflow boundary helped produce severe thunderstorms over central Louisiana, producing large hail.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
An outflow boundary helped produce severe thunderstorms over central Louisiana, producing large hail.
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 Sep 28, 5:12 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 5:12 PM CST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 612 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED THE ZONES AND COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 858...VALID TIL MIDNIGHT CDT/0500Z. MADE NO CHANGES TO THE FORECASTS OTHER THAN TO INCLUDE A SEVERE MENTION ALL ZONES ON ACCOUNT OF THE WATCH. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011/ DISCUSSION... SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUING ACROSS NE TX/N LA S OF I-20. N OF THE FRONT...DEWPTS ARE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 50S...WITH LOWER/MID 70S DEWPTS ACROSS SE TX...C AND S LA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW A FAIRLY PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE OR VORT MAX OVER THE ARKLATEX...CONTINUING TO MOVE QUICKLY SE. DOWNSTREAM OF THIS FEATURE...SCT TSRA HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS C LA...AND OVER LOWER ACADIANA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION FIRING UP ACROSS SE LA/S MS EASTWARD. WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME SCT SHRA/TSRA ACROSS C AND SC LA AS THE WEAK FRONT PUSHES S THIS EVENING...SOME OF THE TSRA MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT. HAVE DOWNGRADED THE WORDING TO ISO TSRA OVER SE TX FOR THIS EVENING. ISO SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THU AS THE WEAK FRONT MEANDERS OVER SE TX/C AND S LA...BUT MOST OF THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION TO PREVENT ANY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN WITH THE LARGE NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NE AS A SHARPER TROF DIGS SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. THIS WILL FINALLY ALLOW FOR MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO FILTER SOUTH INTO OUR REGION ON FRI INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. MUCH COOLER TEMPS...WITH LOWS IN THE 50S...WILL BE EXPECTED SAT THROUGH TUE. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 80S. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AFTER FRIDAY. DML MARINE... LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING COOL FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT. A SECOND...STRONGER CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON FRIDAY...USHERING IN MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS INTO THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 72 91 69 89 55 / 30 20 20 10 10 KBPT 74 92 70 90 58 / 20 20 20 10 10 KAEX 67 94 64 88 52 / 30 20 10 10 10 KLFT 71 93 68 89 54 / 40 20 20 10 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:49 AM CST, 12 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 549 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-291100- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 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-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 549 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...LA...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE REGION. THE OVERALL PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW...BUT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONGER SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE GULF ON FRIDAY...BRINGING DRIER AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER INTO THE REGION. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE FRIDAY...ALONG WITH BUILDING SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 12:33 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 133 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 LAZ044-045-052>054-281930- LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-ST. MARY LA-IBERIA LA- 133 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...VERMILION...ST. MARY...IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JEFFERSON ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COTEAU AND CADE BY 140 PM... ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT BY 145 PM... ST. MARTINVILLE BY 150 PM... NEW IBERIA AND LYDIA BY 155 PM... LOREAUVILLE BY 205 PM... JEANERETTE BY 215 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3016 9161 2981 9151 2988 9204 3006 9206 RUA
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rapides
- When
- September 28, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, 1.37 mi WNW of Latanier
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.210, -92.390
Hail, Rapides
- When
- September 28, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, 2.46 mi WNW of Buckeye
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -92.240
Hail, Rapides
- When
- September 28, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, 1.9 mi WSW of Hotwells
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -92.750
Hail, Allen
- When
- September 28, 11:38 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County, 0.59 mi E of Oberlin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.620, -92.760
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New Jersey, September 28 to 30, 2011
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, September 28 to 29, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 28 to 29, 2011
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 28, 2011
- Dense Fog in Virginia, September 28 to 29, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 28, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 28, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, September 28, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 28, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 28, 2011
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 28, 2011
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 28, 2011
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, September 2011
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: 348532, 348534, 348537, 348536, 348538.