Hail — East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2025-05-06 · near Arlington, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Event narrative
Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail in Lexington Estates in Baton Rouge.
Wider weather episode
A deep upper level trough over the southwest US was very slowly moving east on May 6th. At the same time, a ridge of high pressure was centered over Central America. This creased a split flow pattern between those 2 features which increases buoyancy. As a previously stalled boundary in the northern Gulf lifted north as a warm front. High instability created by this environment supported multiple storms with large hail.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259417. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.