Hail, Red River
- When
- January 19, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Red River County, 0.15 mi NNE of Avery
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.552, -94.779
Dime size hail fell in Avery. Report relayed via social media.
Hail in Texas, January 19, 2019
Milder and more humid air surged north across North Louisiana, East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Southeast Oklahoma during the daytime hours on January 18th, as a strong low level jet developed ahead of a vigorous upper level trough that moved into the Southern Plains. The attendant surface low developed over the Eastern Texas Panhandle on the 18th as well, which tracked east southeast along…
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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 SHV wrote it up.
Milder and more humid air surged north across North Louisiana, East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Southeast Oklahoma during the daytime hours on January 18th, as a strong low level jet developed ahead of a vigorous upper level trough that moved into the Southern Plains. The attendant surface low developed over the Eastern Texas Panhandle on the 18th as well, which tracked east southeast along the middle Red River Valley before lifting northeast into Eastern Oklahoma. This allowed a strong cold front to move into Southeast Oklahoma, East Texas, and Southwest Arkansas around midnight on January 19th, before spreading southeast across Southcentral Arkansas and North Louisiana during the overnight and early morning hours. Surface based instability return ahead of the front was minimal, but the presence of strong shear and strong instability aloft along and just ahead of the front/upper trough allowed for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to develop over Southeast Oklahoma and East Texas during the late evening through the overnight hours on the 18th-19th, which quickly spread east northeast across Southwest Arkansas and North Louisiana. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms were embedded within the increased convection over these areas, which resulted in dime size hail falling in the community of Avery in Red River County Texas.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 12:07 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 12:07 AM CST, 3 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1207 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019
.AVIATION...
For the 19/06Z TAF period, MVFR/IFR cigs continue to plague all
sites late this evening as a warm front has quickly shifted north
of all TAF sites. Scattered convection remains ongoing ahead of a
strong cold front barrelling toward the region with even stronger
storms expected overnight along and ahead of the cold front. Look
for low cigs to prevail through Saturday with occasional lower
vsbys in areas of stronger convection within pockets of heaviest
rainfall. S/SE winds continue to increase ahead of the approaching
cold front, gusting up to 15-20 kts. The front will usher in even
stronger W/NW winds as speeds increase to over 15-20 kts with
higher gusts of 25-30 kts or more. Low cigs in the MVFR range will
continue to blanket the region on Saturday as wrap-around moisture
with the upper level low fills in behind the cold frontal passage.
Gradual clearing will begin to affect our western terminals after
20/00Z with the much colder and drier air filtering into the area.
/19/
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1028 PM CST Fri Jan 18 2019/
UPDATE...
Warm air advection continues across the region this evening as a
warm front surges back northward ahead of a strong arctic cold
front advancing SE from the Southern Plains. Pre-frontal showers
and some embedded thunderstorms continue to develop and spread NE
across parts of lower east Texas, north Louisiana, and southwest
Arkansas. The threat of stronger storms will begin to ramp up
after midnight through early Saturday morning as the cold front
approaches with modest instability setting up across the region.
The warm and moist air in place will allow for storms in initiate
along and ahead of the cold front. A few of these storms could be
severe as a marginal risk still covers our entire region through
the overnight hours. For this update, did nudge POPs up slightly
with ongoing convection through midnight and additional showers
and storms increasing with the cold front. A Lake Wind Advisory is
also in effect over parts of east Texas already with the remainder
of the region being added early Saturday morning as S/SW winds
quickly veer W/NW with the frontal passage. Expect strong and
gusty NW winds to continue through the day on Saturday in the wake
of strong Arctic air mass settling across the region. No further
updates are needed at this time. Updated text products have been
issued.
/19/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 45 49 28 49 / 70 10 0 0
MLU 56 59 30 46 / 90 50 0 0
DEQ 40 41 22 47 / 70 30 0 0
TXK 42 43 25 45 / 70 30 0 0
ELD 49 53 27 46 / 90 30 0 0
TYR 39 43 27 49 / 50 10 0 0
GGG 42 44 27 48 / 60 10 0 0
LFK 47 50 27 51 / 80 10 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Lake Wind Advisory from 4 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday for ARZ050-051-
059>061-070>073.
LA...Lake Wind Advisory from 4 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday for LAZ001>006-
010>014-017>022.
OK...Lake Wind Advisory from 4 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday for OKZ077.
TX...Lake Wind Advisory from 4 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday for TXZ096-097-
152-153-165>167.
Lake Wind Advisory until 6 PM CST Saturday for TXZ108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>151.
&&
19Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 12:36 PM CST, 11 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1236 PM CST Fri Jan 18 2019 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-191845- Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette- Columbia-Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto- Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn- Grant-Caldwell-La Salle-McCurtain-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp- Morris-Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk- Panola-Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 1236 PM CST Fri Jan 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, eastern Texas and for southeast Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Overall the clouds will be remaining tough this afternoon keeping things fairly stable. However, showers will begin to crop up late this afternoon in eastern Texas, becoming numerous this evening. Steep temperature lapse rates associated with the approaching cold core upper low will make large hail our primary initial threat this evening and overnight as the front moves Southeastward. However, damaging winds and possibly isolated tornadoes will become possible as scattered thunderstorms organize into bows and perhaps even a squall line in the predawn hours. This line will quickly move across our Louisiana parishes just after daybreak. Brief heavy rainfall will be possible with rainfall amounts ranging from a half inch to inch for most of us with a few sites near 2 inches along and South of I-20. The cold front will be arriving before daybreak with rain showers changing to some snow showers before ending North of I-30 during the morning hours. Wintry impacts are not expected for us with the much warmer ground temperatures, but travelers farther North should plan for such. Also, everybody secure objects today for Windy conditions coming. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... Gusty high pressure gradient winds will move in with this Arctic cold front early on Saturday. Expect northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts to near 40 mph, not to mention the quickly falling temperatures immediately behind the front moving across I-30 before sunrise. These gusty winds will spread Southeastward from daybreak to Noon across the rest of our cwa. High temps will occur before lunch almost everywhere and thirties will cover our entire area before sunset with clouds clearing out. Then we can expect freezing temperatures Saturday evening and all night long with still very cold wind chill readings. A range of low to mid twenties will greet the day on Sunday as the winds begin to relax. The cold air mass moves East early in the new week with a warmer trend and quickly wetter trend with showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday and night ahead of our next Arctic blast early on Wednesday. Rinse and repeat forecast with freezing temperatures by Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio operators and storm spotters may be needed this evening and overnight ahead of this Arctic blast coming in the morning. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 11:41 PM CST, 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1141 PM CST Fri Jan 18 2019
TXZ096-097-108-109-190630-
Bowie TX-Red River TX-Franklin TX-Titus TX-
1141 PM CST Fri Jan 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN
BOWIE...NORTHWESTERN TITUS AND RED RIVER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM
CST...
At 1140 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hagansport, moving northeast at 50 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Clarksville, Hagansport, Boxelder, Bogata, Bagwell, Talco, Avery,
Annona, Almont, Beaverdams, Harts Bluff, Negley, Cuthand, English,
Johntown and Bryarly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 3359 9531 3385 9506 3376 9488 3375 9487
3374 9484 3359 9454 3321 9528 3324 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 233DEG 61KT 3338 9522
07The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:11 UTC.
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.
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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: 793476.