Louisiana hail map — January 8, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 1 Louisiana city on January 8, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Slidell.

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- Cities hit
- 1
- in Louisiana
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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Louisiana cities hit on January 8, 2024
What people on the ground measured in Louisiana on January 8, 2024
7 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 3 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Official NWS Obs6 S Lake Charles, LA11:52 AM CSTCalcasieu County
2 inch hail observed at the Lake Charles National Weather Service office. Egg Size.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public2 E Lake Charles, LA12:10 PM CSTCalcasieu County
2 Inch hail in downtown Lake Charles over toward Sowela Community College.
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicGillis, LA12:24 PM CSTCalcasieu County
Social media picture of quarter size hail.
- 1.00″ quarter size NWS Employee2 ESE Mandeville, LA5:19 PM CSTSt. Tammany County
- 1.00″ quarter size PublicPearl River, LA5:52 PM CSTSt. Tammany County
Corrects previous flash flood report from Pearl River. Public reports quarter-sized hail in Pearl River in St Tammany Parish.
- 0.75″ penny size Public3 NW Alexandria, LA1:46 PM CSTRapides County
- 0.50″ penny size NWS EmployeeRagley, LA1:06 PM CSTBeauregard County
half inch hail for 2-3 minutes.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Louisiana hail on January 8, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 1 Louisiana city that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Slidell. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.