Hail in Louisiana, June 14 to 15, 2013

Name: Hail in Louisiana, June 14 to 15, 2013
Start: 2013-06-14T19:45
End: 2013-06-15T15:21
Location: Louisiana

June 14 to 15, 2013 · NWS LCH · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A few strong storms developed across Louisiana during the afternoons of the 14th and 15th.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 few strong storms developed across Louisiana during the afternoons of the 14th and 15th.

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 Jun 14, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.AVIATION UPDATE...REGARDING 00Z TAF ISSUANCE. RADAR DEPICTING A
BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST
OF NEW IBERIA...NORTHWEST TO THE LEESVILLE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS
ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE SEASON COOL FRONT ADVANCING SOUTHWEST WITH
THE CONVECTION AND AROUND 10 KNOTS. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR
THUNDER AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AT LCH AND BPT THIS EVENING. VCTS
WILL COVER LFT AND ARA WHERE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS
MOVED THROUGH...WHILE NO RAINS ARE EXPECTED AT AEX. VFR IS
ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE TO PREVAIL.

&&

MARCOTTE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013/

DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING INTO THE NE
SECTIONS OF THE CWA WITH VERY HIGH HEAT INDEXES OCCURRING RIGHT AHEAD
OF THE BOUNDARY. A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS IS FILTERING
IN BEHIND THE BOUNDARY, BUT THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO FARTHER
WEAKEN AND RETURN NORTH SATURDAY. IN THE MEAN TIME, THE SEA BREEZE
IS PUSHING INLAND AND THE FRONT IS DRIFTING SOUTH WITH A VERY HOT,
MOIST, AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES. A MID TO
UPPER LVL RIDGE IS SUPPRESSING ACTIVITY, HOWEVER ISOLD TO SCT
STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH ONE OR TWO BEING POSSIBLY STRONG TO MAYBE
EVEN SEVERE. WITH THE WEAKENING BOUNDARY AROUND SAT A FEW MORE ISOLD
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE RIDGE WILL NUDGE BACK IN PUSHING THE
BOUNDARY BACK NORTH THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WITH AN
ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AND LESS OF A CHANCE THROUGH
EARLY IN THE COMING WEEK. THE RIDGE WILL BREAK BACK DOWN BY MID
WEEK WITH A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

MARINE...FAIRLY TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. AN
ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  76  94  75  92  75 /  20  20  10  20  10
KBPT  77  94  76  93  75 /  20  20  10  20  10
KAEX  69  96  73  95  73 /  10  10  10  20  10
KLFT  74  94  76  92  74 /  20  20  10  20  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:51 AM CST, 15 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
451 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-151000-
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-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
451 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER
TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE, BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. IN
ADDITION, HEAT INDICES UP TO 105 WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ACADIANA THIS
AFTERNOON, 98 TO 103 FOR HEAT INDICES ELSEWHERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTER A WARM AND DRY WEEKEND, MORE TYPICAL SUMMER TYPE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SWEENEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:47 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

LAZ054-055-150030-
LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-ST. MARY LA-
647 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. MARY AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MORGAN CITY TO 5 MILES EAST OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
BAYOU VISTA...PATTERSON MEMORIAL AIRPORT...PATTERSON AND ELLERSLIE.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 2937 9140 2941 9150 2938 9136 2945 9135
      2947 9131 2951 9136 2951 9143 2963 9157
      2964 9162 2974 9163 2988 9151 2975 9108
      2965 9110 2960 9107 2952 9121 2954 9127
      2946 9128 2938 9136 2932 9136 2932 9137

MM

Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:07 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
707 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NNW JENNINGS          30.24N 92.67W
06/14/2013  M49.00 MPH       JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   AWOS

            THE JENNINGS AWOS K3R7 REPORTED A 49MPH WIND GUST

0655 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WNW BAYOU VISTA       29.71N 91.34W
06/14/2013  M48.00 MPH       ST. MARY           LA   AWOS

            THE PATTERSON AWOS KPTN REPORTED A 48MPH WIND GUST

&&

RDEAL

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
745 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

LAZ027-030-031-041-042-052-073-074-TXZ259-260-262-150145-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-
VERNON LA-CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-VERMILION LA-
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-WEST CAMERON LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
745 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...VERNON...
CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BURKEVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FRESHWATER CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
IOWA...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...STRINGTOWN...GILLIS...LOWRY AND HAYES.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 2960 9272 2967 9288 2995 9325 3004 9329
      3002 9333 3038 9375 3110 9413 3117 9383
      3118 9364 3077 9347 3034 9296 2967 9211
      2957 9215 2953 9233

MM

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:32 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
832 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

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

0827 PM     HAIL             1 E MOSS BLUFF          30.30N 93.18W
06/14/2013  E0.50 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL 1 MILE EAST OF HWY
            171

&&

RDEAL

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:43 PM CST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
843 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

LAZ030-041-042-052-073-074-TXZ216-150245-
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-VERMILION LA-
WEST CAMERON LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
843 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION AND CAMERON PARISHES...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULPHUR TO
FRESHWATER CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...HACKETTS CORNER...LUNITA...CARLYSS...
SWEET LAKE...SULPHUR AND GIBBSTOWN.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE CONTINUOUS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 2957 9260 2971 9299 2977 9323 2971 9386
      2978 9390 2986 9379 2998 9378 3014 9369
      3021 9372 3029 9371 3034 9376 3040 9375
      3040 9314 2960 9205 2953 9227

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calcasieu

When: June 14, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Calcasieu County, 0.6 mi E of Sulphur
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.230, -93.360

A report of pea to penny sized hail was received from Sulphur. The report was relayed by KPLC.

Funnel Cloud, Lafayette

When: June 15, 2:31 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, 0.91 mi NE of Scott
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.240, -92.090

A report of a funnel cloud over Judice was received through Facebook.

Funnel Cloud, Lafayette

When: June 15, 3:21 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, 0.6 mi W of Duson
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 30.230, -92.190

A report of a funnel cloud over Duson was relayed by KLFY.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, June 2013

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 460179, 460177, 460178.