Avoyelles Parish Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 15, 2026
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 2 tornado reports among 33 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 18 hail reports with hail up to 2" and 13 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Avoyelles Parish hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Avoyelles Parish over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Avoyelles Parish
Recent storms — full detail available in the app
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 526 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Colfax to near Black Hawk. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 903 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Larto to 7 miles east of Rosepine. Movement was southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 833 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Rosepine to near Glenmora to near Deville. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 2, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bayou Current, moving northwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Simmesport, Bayou Current, Dupont, and Goudeau.”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 309 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bunkie, moving west at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bunkie, Cheneyville, Turkey Creek, Lecompte, Hessmer, and St. Landry. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 46 and 71.”
- Wind 50 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“Public submitted a video of a tornado in Dupont. (LCH)”
- Tornado Tornado Dupont SPC verified report
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 804 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge, or near Bordelonville, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Turkey Creek to near Goudeau to near Batchelor. Movement was south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1113 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morrow, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bunkie, Simmesport, Morrow, Cottonport, Evergreen, Plaucheville, Whiteville, Big Cane, Goudeau, and Dupont.”
- Wind 50 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 8, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 2"
“Report of large hail in Dupont... LA. Time estimated by radar. (LCH)”
“At 756 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cheneyville, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 2" Dupont SPC verified report
- Hail 0.88" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Dupont SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Bunkie SPC verified report
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 249 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Holloway, or 9 miles east of Pineville, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 703 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pineville, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 219 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Colfax to near Clifton. Movement was southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 911 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Timber Trails to near Boyce to near Lacamp. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 608 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Echo, or 7 miles north of Cheneyville, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Avoyelles 911 reports a tree on a vehicle at HWY 107 and Rayburns Lane in Centerpoint. (LCH)”
“Avoyelles 911 reports a tree down in Simmesport. (LCH)”
- Wind Unknown 1 E Centerpoint SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Simmesport SPC verified report
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 324 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Echo, or near Cheneyville, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Friday, February 13, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“There is a concentrated area of damage east of HWY 71 where a tornado touched down. It progressed northeastward across the highway... where it caused additional minor d (LCH)”
“Photo of damage to front of home. The entire build porch knocked onto the ground. Time estimated by radar. Associated with couplet on radar. (LCH)”
- Tornado Tornado 2 NW Bunkie SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Cottonport SPC verified report
Saturday, January 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 218 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Elmer, or 9 miles north of Glenmora, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bayou Current, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bayou Current, Dupont, Big Cane, and Goudeau.”
- Wind 50 mph Avoyelles Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
1 SPC verified storm report
- Wind Unknown Bunkie SPC verified report
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Avoyelles Parish, LA?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 33 severe weather events in Avoyelles Parish over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Avoyelles Parish recently?
Yes — 18 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Avoyelles Parish?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.