Hail in Webster Parish, Louisiana

Hail in Webster Parish, Louisiana: 251 recorded events between 1955 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #430 nationally and #4 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for hail in Webster Parish is the 1990s, when 91 of the county's 251 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 Webster Parish archive, hail makes up 35.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #430 for this hazard and #4 within Louisiana, putting it in the 86.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for hail in Webster Parish with 84 recorded events, while Sep 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.

• Thunderstorm Wind 326
• Tornado 60
• Flash Flood 58

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many hail events are on record in Webster Parish, Louisiana?

251 hail events are recorded in Webster Parish between 1955 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest hail recorded in Webster Parish?

The strongest hail on record in Webster Parish measured 2.75.

Where does the hail data for Webster 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.