Hail, Calcasieu
- When
- March 4, 2:43 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, 1.38 mi S of Lake Charles
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.210, -93.200
Nickel size hail was reported on North Lakeshore Drive.
Hail in Louisiana, March 4, 2020
A cold front moved through Southwest Louisiana during the 4th. One storm become strong in Calcasieu Parish and produced a report of sub-severe hail.
Where it happened
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- 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 cold front moved through Southwest Louisiana during the 4th. One storm become strong in Calcasieu Parish and produced a report of sub-severe hail.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, March 4 to 5, 2020
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 4 to 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 4 to 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 4, 2020
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 4, 2020
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 4, 2020
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 4 to 8, 2020
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 4 to 12, 2020
More
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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: 881766.