Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 17 to 18, 2016

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 17 to 18, 2016
Start: 2016-03-17T13:40
End: 2016-03-18T13:10
Location: Louisiana

March 17 to 18, 2016 · NWS JAN · 15 events in 6 counties and zones

A quasi-stationary frontal boundary combined with low level moisture and cooling aloft|for strong instability. This brought some large hail and damaging winds across portions of the 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $124,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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.

A quasi-stationary frontal boundary combined with low level moisture and cooling aloft|for strong instability. This brought some large hail and damaging winds across portions of the 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 17, 10:39 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 10:39 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1139 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

.UPDATE...MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD THE STALLED FRONT ALONG THE
HWY 84 CORRIDOR THEN EXTENDING NORTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. A
SURFACE RIDGE WAS ALSO NOTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE.
THE NORTHEAST TO EAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND THE SURFACE RIDGE WERE
HELPING TO MAINTAIN UPPER 30 DEW POINTS OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
OUR CWA WITH LOWER 40 DEW POINTS SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 20. SOUTH OF THE
STALLED FRONT AT NATCHEZ TO HATTIESBURG DEW POINTS WERE IN THE MID
60S. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY AND HAS
ALREADY LED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR SOUTH. WITH STEEP
LAPSE RATES OVER OUR CWA...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY LARGE HAIL. SO FAR...TENNIS BALL
SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN THE LARGEST REPORTED. REGIONAL RADARS WERE
INDICATING QUITE A BIT MORE CONVECTION OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS THAT WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING IS ALONG OUR HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR BUT THE AREA SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO JACKSON TO QUITMAN MAY SEE STORMS
WITH HAIL AS WELL. /22/

&&

.AVIATION...VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WERE PREVAILING THIS MORNING BUT AN
ISOLD TSRA WAS NOTED SW OF MEI AND HBG AT 1615Z. CLOUDS WL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THRU TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR
EXPECTED. THIS CONVECTION COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE FLIGHT CATEGORIES TO
MVFR/IFR STATUS. MVFR CIGS WL THEN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING WITH ISOLD TO SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION.
WINDS TODAY WILL VARY FROM NORTHEAST TO EAST TODAY BETWEEN 4-9
KNOTS... AND REMAIN SUCH TONIGHT. /19/22/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 407 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016/

DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AFTER A DRY PERIOD OF
WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION THE PAST FEW DAYS...RAIN CHANCES CREEP
BACK INTO THE FORECAST TODAY...WITH DECENT CHANCES CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.  AS EXPECTED...THE FRONT THAT
PUSHED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA YESTERDAY...HAS BECOME QUASI-
STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...DESPITE WEAK AND VARYING NORTH TO EAST
SURFACE FLOW CONTINUING TO PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE PERIOD...INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE LOW
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN INCREASING MOISTURE ALOFT.
WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING...A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN
ZONAL MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL TREK EAST ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS
COMBINATION...IN ADDITION TO AN INCREASING SUBTROPICAL JET ALONG THE
NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS...ALONG
WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING IN WAVES AND MOVING OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN'T BE RULED OUT BOTH
TODAY AND FRIDAY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL
PARTICULARLY BE THE CASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WINNSBORO LOUISIANA TO
CRYSTAL SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI TO LAUREL MISSISSIPPI LINE.  DESPITE THE
OVERALL LACK OF FORCING...THE FRONT WILL MEANDER ABOUT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.  ALTHOUGH OVERALL
FORCING WILL REMAIN WEAK...THIS...IN ADDITION TO ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND RATHER STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...COULD RESULT IN A FEW
STORMS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHERE THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. CURRENTLY...HAIL LOOKS TO BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH STORMS...BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CERTAINLY
BE A POSSIBILITY.  IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING...THAT DUE TO ALREADY WET
GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS THIS AREA...TREES WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO BEING UPROOTED BY LESSER WIND GUSTS...30-50 MPH...THAN THOSE
OBSERVED IN SEVERE STORMS.  A LIMITED THREAT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS MORNING'S HWO FOR BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY.
NORTH OF THE FRONT...ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE ELEVATED IN NATURE AND IN
A LESS UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. STILL...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAN'T BE
RULED OUT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED...LOOK FOR CONTINUED MILD
CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS CLOUDS INCREASE THROUGH THE COURSE
OF THE DAY.  HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE
70S...WHILE LOWS TONIGHT RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S TO AROUND 60.
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TAP FOR FRIDAY.  HIGHS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON CURRENTLY LOOK TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S. /19/

SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SATURDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY OVER
THE CWA AS WE BEGIN FEELING THE AFFECTS OF THE MID LEVEL SYSTEM OVER
THE OH VALLEY. WHILE WE WILL START OFF THE DAY WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY NEAR THE COAST...
VEERING FLOW PATTERN WILL FINALLY GIVE THE COASTAL BOUNDARY A NUDGE
OUT TO SEA TAKING THE CONVECTION WITH IT.

A REINFORCEMENT OF LOW LEVEL DRY/COOL AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RESULTING IN MARKEDLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
HIGHS IN THE 50S WILL BE COMMON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS MINS DROP INTO
THE 30S. WHILE CAA WILL PRECLUDE FROST DEVELOPMENT SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE AREA SUNDAY
NIGHT WILL SETUP CALM WINDS AND EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING
CONDITIONS. FROST FORMATION WILL BE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY WHERE
TEMPS CAN FALL INTO THE MID 30S OR LOWER WHICH LOOKS TO OCCUR
PRIMARILY OVER THE EAST.

MID LEVEL RIDGING FROM THE WEST DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK
WILL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES./26/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       76  57  71  54 /  38  52  51  48
MERIDIAN      76  55  71  54 /  27  51  51  50
VICKSBURG     75  58  72  54 /  40  52  48  45
HATTIESBURG   77  60  73  58 /  60  60  63  57
NATCHEZ       76  61  73  54 /  55  59  60  56
GREENVILLE    74  53  68  49 /  20  39  39  35
GREENWOOD     76  52  69  49 /  17  32  40  35

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

19/26

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 8:38 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
938 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>046-050>052-181445-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-
938 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY.

LAZ015-016-MSZ047>049-055>058-181445-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-
938 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...TODAY

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. MAIN TIMING IS FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY.

LAZ023-025-MSZ053-054-065-066-181445-
FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-COVINGTON-JONES-
938 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. MAIN TIMING IS FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2)

.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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

LAZ024-026-MSZ059>064-072>074-181445-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
938 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...MAINLY TODAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ANYTIME FROM NOW THROUGH 8PM. LARGE
HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE WITH SOME DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2)

.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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

36

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF
 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
SIGNIFICANT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF
 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF
 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60
 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 12:01 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
101 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSZ059-171815-
JEFFERSON MS-
101 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

AT 101 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER STAMPLEY...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAYETTE AND MCNAIR AROUND 110 PM CDT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3163 9115 3163 9120 3172 9121 3174 9095
      3162 9099 3162 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 271DEG 26KT 3165 9113

CME

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:03 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
203 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0120 PM     HAIL             1 S FAYETTE             31.70N 91.06W
03/17/2016  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. PICTURE RELAYED TO
            EM VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

DCOX

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 1:21 PM CST, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
221 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSZ061-171945-
FRANKLIN MS-
221 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM CDT...

AT 221 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR KIRBY...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIBERTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUDE...NEW HOPE...KIRBY...MCCALL CREEK...ROXIE AND MEADVILLE.

LAT...LON 3146 9114 3161 9093 3161 9078 3149 9065
      3135 9094 3135 9098 3134 9099 3135 9102
      3134 9103 3134 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 234DEG 30KT 3144 9101

DL

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:30 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0120 PM     HAIL             FAYETTE                 31.71N 91.06W
03/17/2016  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON 1267 MAIN
            STREET. PICTURE RELAYED TO EM VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

DCOX

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 1:34 PM CST, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
234 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

LAZ008-009-015-016-023-MSZ040-172015-
RICHLAND LA-EAST CARROLL LA-FRANKLIN LA-MADISON LA-WEST CARROLL LA-
ISSAQUENA MS-
234 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

AT 234 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DARNELL TO BAKERS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALLULAH...LAKE PROVIDENCE...TRANSYLVANIA...DELHI...EAGLE BEND...
ALSATIA...WAVERLY...BAKERS...MANSFORD...OMEGA...DARNELL...WARDEN...
MONTICELLO...AFTON...FITLER...SONDHEIMER...TENDAL...HOLLY RIDGE...
EPPS AND RICHMOND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3276 9155 3278 9096 3266 9096 3266 9086
      3245 9093 3245 9094 3242 9096 3240 9099
      3238 9100 3235 9099 3235 9096 3222 9100
      3224 9103 3222 9106 3223 9112 3224 9112
      3225 9113 3223 9121 3226 9172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 256DEG 38KT 3270 9136 3235 9151

DL

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:40 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

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

0230 PM     HAIL             CASEYVILLE              31.67N 90.66W
03/17/2016  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN CASEYVILLE.

&&

DCOX

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:37 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Concordia

When: March 17, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 0.59 mi E of Spokane
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.700, -91.460

Quarter sized hail occurred at Lake Spokane.

Hail, Madison

When: March 17, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 0.9 mi SE of Tallulah
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.410, -91.190

Thunderstorm Wind, Catahoula

When: March 17, 2:05 PM CST
Where: Catahoula County, 3.5 mi N of Harrisonburg
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 31.820, -91.820

Trees were blown down along Highway 124 North.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: March 17, 2:11 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 2 mi N of Mound
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.379, -91.030

Trees were blown down on Highway 602 east of Tallulah.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: March 17, 2:14 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 0.9 mi SE of Delta
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 32.320, -90.920

Measured at the Tallulah Vicksburg ASOS.

Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia

When: March 17, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 2.73 mi WSW of Concordia Jct
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.611, -91.611

Trees were blown down along Highway 84.

Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia

When: March 17, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 0.59 mi E of Spokane
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.700, -91.460

Part of the awning was blown off at the Ducks Nest. Dime sized hail occurred as well.

Hail, Concordia

When: March 17, 2:48 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 1.5 mi NNW of Vidalia
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 31.570, -91.440

Showers of hail occurred and the largest was around golf ball sized.

Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia

When: March 17, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 1.5 mi NNW of Vidalia
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $85,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 31.570, -91.440

There was some damage to a courthouse as well as some structures in the northern part of town behind the courthouse. Over 200 residents were without power. Trees were blown down in the area along Highway 84. Vidalia Southern Tire had a roll up door that was blown out. The tin roof off of Quality Body Shop on Carter Street was also blown off.

Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia

When: March 17, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Concordia County, 1.83 mi NNW of Vidalia
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 31.572, -91.447

A tin roof was blown off Quality Body Shop on Carter Street in Vidalia.

Hail, Richland

When: March 17, 11:43 PM CST to 11:46 PM CST
Where: Richland County, Rayville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.480, -91.750

Dime sized hail occurred for about three minutes at the Sheriff's Office.

Hail, Richland

When: March 17, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Richland County, 1.43 mi SSW of Rayville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 32.461, -91.759

Quarter size hail fell near the Pilot truck stop off of Interstate 20.

Hail, Morehouse

When: March 18, 12:24 PM CST
Where: Morehouse County, 0.69 mi N of Collinston
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 32.690, -91.870

Hail, West Carroll

When: March 18, 1:10 PM CST
Where: West Carroll County, 1.5 mi SSW of Pioneer
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 32.710, -91.440

Hail accumulated outside of Pioneer which ranged in size from a quarter to ping pong ball.

Hail, West Carroll

When: March 18, 1:10 PM CST
Where: West Carroll County, Darnell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 32.680, -91.450

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, March 2016

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: 623473, 623476, 623482, 626560, 623486, 623477, 623488, 623533, 623500, 626564, 623722, 624161, 623725, 623726, 623727.