Hail, Rapides
- When
- March 18, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, 4.15 mi N of Buckeye
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -92.200
A severe storm passing near Holloway produced golf ball sized hail.
Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2013
A severe thunderstorm moved through Rapides Parish producing 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
- 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 severe thunderstorm moved through Rapides Parish producing hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 18, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 18, 2013
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 18, 2013
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, March 18, 2013
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 18, 2013
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, March 18, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, March 18 to 20, 2013
- Ice Storm in Ohio, March 18, 2013
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 18, 2013
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 18, 2013
- Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2013
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, March 18 to 19, 2013
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 435561.