Hail — Red River, Louisiana

2024-05-09 · near Martin, Red River, Louisiana

Event narrative

Hail up to in 3 inches reported near Martin via broadcast media.

Wider weather episode

Surface analysis indicated a stationary front extending across North Texas eastward to near the Arkansas and Louisiana border during the afternoon and evening on May 9th. South of the boundary, a very moist and unstable air mass was in place with MLCAPE values exceeding 4000 J/kg. While low-level winds were relatively weak, moderately strong mid and upper-level winds with deep-layer shear between 60 and 70 knots, aided in steering thunderstorms eastward along and north of the stationary boundary. As a result, these forward-propagating thunderstorms resulted in several reports of large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding across parts of North Louisiana during the afternoon and early evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1185647. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.