151
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.2M
Property damage
Hail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: 151 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #920 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Morehouse Parish is the 1990s, when 47 of the county's 151 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Morehouse Parish archive, hail makes up 29.7% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #920 for this hazard and #12 within Louisiana, putting it in the 70.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Morehouse Parish with 36 recorded events, while Jul is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | MER ROUGE BACON ARPT | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | OAK RIDGE | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | MER ROUGE | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | MARCARCO | 1 | $50K |
| Feb 11, 2024 | NAFF | 1 | $20K |
| Dec 9, 2023 | WINDSOR | 1.75 | $50K |
| Jun 15, 2023 | LOG CABIN | 1 | $100K |
| Apr 9, 2021 | COLLINSTON | 1.75 | $15K |
| Nov 27, 2020 | MER ROUGE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2020 | MER ROUGE | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Morehouse Parish
- Thunderstorm Wind 260
- Tornado 48
- Flash Flood 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The large and intense supercell thunderstorm entered northern Morehouse Parish, from southwest Ashely County, and produced as swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail as it tracked southeast. The largest hail occurred around the Beekman Community and then as the storm was entering central West Carroll Parish. Around Beekman, tennis ball to baseball sized hail fell. Some vehicles were damaged as well as several roofs. As the storm exited eastern Morehouse Parish, the hail grew large again, possibly as large as baseballs, and caused damage in western West Carroll Parish.
A swath of hail occurred from the western parish border, north of Bastrop and Mer Rouge and continued into West Carroll Parish. The largest hail that fell in Morehouse Parish was golfball size. This caused some dents in cars near Bastrop.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell across a large portion of northern Morehouse Parish. The storm which produced the hail moved into the Georgia Pacific WMA and tracked east-northeast to just north of the Jones Community before moving into far southeast Ashley County.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana?
151 hail events are recorded in Morehouse Parish between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Morehouse Parish?
The strongest hail on record in Morehouse Parish measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Morehouse Parish come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/louisiana/morehouse-parish/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.