Hail — Plaquemines, Louisiana

2022-05-15 · near Port Nickel, Plaquemines, Louisiana

Event narrative

A picture from social media showed 2 inch sized hail near the Braithwaite Ferry on the east side of the Mississippi.

Wider weather episode

The region was under the influence of northwest flow in the upper levels. More importantly, the mid levels cooled and low levels warmed quite a bit compared to previous days. That combination resulted in steep lapse rates, a very unstable mid level environment. This was especially so over coastal locations of the local area, multiple storms produced very large hail.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (29.8500, -89.9800)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1031147. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.