Hail, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 21, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County, 0.59 mi W of Zachary
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -91.160
Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail near Zachary.
Hail in Louisiana, May 21, 2025
A cold front extending from low pressure centered over Iowa was draped across southwestern Louisiana early morning on May 21st. As an upper level disturbance swung around the southern periphery of a larger scale trough, it will forced the front southeastward through the local area.
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
- 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 LIX wrote it up.
A cold front extending from low pressure centered over Iowa was draped across southwestern Louisiana early morning on May 21st. As an upper level disturbance swung around the southern periphery of a larger scale trough, it will forced the front southeastward through the local area. Modest instability and lift from this boundary was enough forcing to produce a few severe thunderstorms with large hail.
The radar
The Hammond radar (KHDC), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:15 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pointe Coupee
- When
- May 21, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pointe Coupee County, 1.38 mi S of Knapp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 30.560, -91.430
A picture and video on social media showed 1 inch sized hail along Wye Road near Lakeland.
Hail, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 21, 9:55 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County, 1.38 mi WSW of Indian Mound
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.590, -91.020
A picture on social media showed 1 inch sized hail in Central.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1260582, 1260583, 1260584.