Louisiana · May 1, 2025

Louisiana hail map — May 1, 2025

NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 3 Louisiana cities on May 1, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Shreveport.

Hail swath map for Shreveport, LA on May 1, 2025 showing 1.50 inch hail.
Swath over Shreveport on May 1, 2025 — 1.50″ hail. Each city below has its own map for this storm.
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Cities hit
3
in Louisiana
Largest stone
1.50″
half dollar size
Impact rating
5/10
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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What people on the ground measured in Louisiana on May 1, 2025

12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 6 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.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size Public
    2 S Stonewall, LA6:45 PM CDTDe Soto County

    Off of Long Rd, south of Red Bluff Rd.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size NWS Employee
    1 NE Stonewall, LA6:46 PM CDTDe Soto County

    Ping pong ball to golfball size hail fell in the Plantation Hills subdivision.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size NWS Employee
    1 NE Stonewall, LA6:46 PM CDTDe Soto County

    Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail fell in the Plantation Hills subdivision.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size Public
    Bossier City, LA7:25 PM CDTBossier County

    A picture of golfball size hail that fell near Sun City Elementary in Bossier City was posted to social media.

  • 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter
    1 SW Haughton, LA7:41 PM CDTBossier County

    Report via mPING. Started off with ping pongs and turned into Golf Balls.

  • 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter
    6 S Barksdale Air Force, LA7:27 PM CDTCaddo County

    Report of Half Dollar size hail in the Southgate Estates area.

  • 1.00″ quarter size Law Enforcement
    3 SSE Felps, LA6:01 PM CDTEast Feliciana County

    Sherrifs Office reported quarter sized hail along Hwy 961, 3 miles north of Hwy 10 in east Feliciana Parish.

  • 1.00″ quarter size NWS Employee
    8 NE Stonewall, LA7:04 PM CDTCaddo County

    Subdivision off Norris Ferry Road.

  • 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter
    8 NE Stonewall, LA7:12 PM CDTCaddo County

    Report from mPING of 1 inch hail.

  • 1.00″ quarter size Public
    Mer Rouge, LA8:05 PM CDTMorehouse County
  • 1.00″ quarter size Public
    3 N Oak Ridge, LA9:15 PM CDTMorehouse County

    In addition to the hail, a couple of trees had large sections of them blown out.

  • 1.00″ quarter size Public
    4 ENE Oak Ridge, LA9:40 PM CDTMorehouse County

Showing the 12 largest of 18 hail reports filed that day.

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 May 1, 2025

NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 3 Louisiana cities that day. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Shreveport. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.

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