Grant Parish Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Grant Parish, Louisiana has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 62 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 50 hail reports with hail up to 0.88" and 11 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Grant Parish
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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.
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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.
Monday, August 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 427 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 15 miles northeast of Colfax to 9 miles east of Olla, or extending from 19 miles south of Winnfield to 16 miles south of Columbia, moving north at 25 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.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 226 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles northeast of Winnfield, moving northeast at 15 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Winnfield, Sikes, Hudson and Joyce.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 554 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 7 miles northwest of Converse to 5 miles west of Montgomery, or extending from 12 miles south of Mansfield to 8 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 5 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.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 716 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Colfax, or 25 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving east northeast at 10 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Chopin and Gorum.”
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 7 miles southeast of Colfax to 27 miles southeast of Midway, or extending from near Ball to Deville, moving north at 10 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 outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 753 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 16 miles southeast of Winnfield to near Macune, or extending from 16 miles southeast of Winnfield to 26 miles south of Center, moving southeast 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.”
“At 811 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 9 miles southeast of Grayson to 21 miles southeast of Colfax, or extending from 12 miles south of Columbia to 40 miles south of Winnfield, moving southeast at 25 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.”
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 357 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 22 miles southwest of Midway, or 40 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving northwest at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Powerline downed near intersection of Richardson Loop and Fairfield Road. (SHV)”
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 5 WNW Dry Prong SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Colfax, or 25 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving northeast at 20 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 152 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles southwest of Natchitoches, moving northeast at 30 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 409 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 16 miles northwest of Olla to near Campti, or extending from 16 miles northeast of Winnfield to 8 miles north of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 348 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles east of Colfax, or 27 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving west at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 1, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 941 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southeast of Olla, or 19 miles south of Columbia, moving west at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1019 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles southwest of Olla, or 21 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving south at 10 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 30, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 643 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 535 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles northwest of Midway to 29 miles south of Midway, or extending from 25 miles southeast of Winnfield to 48 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving southwest at 10 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports
“Report of a tree down on US 167 north of Dry Prong near Williana. (SHV)”
“Report of a tree down on West Highway to the north of Boyce... LA. (SHV)”
- Wind Unknown 7 NNW Dry Prong SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 9 SSE Colfax SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 7 SE Montgomery SPC verified report
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 754 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18 miles southeast of Many, or 27 miles southwest of Natchitoches, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Half inch size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending from 6 miles northeast of Jonesboro to over Campti, or extending from 6 miles northeast of Jonesboro to 11 miles north of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 40 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.”
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 814 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Montgomery, or 18 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 10 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Montgomery, Aloha and Lake Iatt.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 9, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 256 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 11 miles southeast of Jonesboro to 10 miles northeast of Converse, or extending from 11 miles southeast of Jonesboro to 10 miles southeast of Mansfield, moving south at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.”
“At 341 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 13 miles east of Columbia to 15 miles south of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 35 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 450 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles south of Jena, or 5 miles east of Ball, moving northeast at 60 mph. Another strong thunderstorm was indicated just south of Pineville, and moving east northeast at 50 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.”
“At 659 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 7 miles southeast of Colfax, or 33 miles south of Winnfield, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, April 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 451 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Colfax, or 26 miles south of Winnfield, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Jena, Colfax, Midway, Pollock, Dry Prong, Fishville, Bentley, Rogers, Nebo, Lake Iatt and Catahoula Lake.”
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1107 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 17 miles south of Natchitoches, moving east at 50 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southwest of Montgomery, or 12 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving east at 30 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 225 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 16 miles east of Jena to 18 miles south of Montgomery, or extending from 36 miles south of Columbia to 23 miles south of Natchitoches, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Louisiana and east and northeast Texas. WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree down blocking the northbound lane of Highway 167 near the intersection of Highway 472 in the Williana community. (SHV)”
“Power lines were downed between Swafford Street and Hall Addition 1 in Montgomery. (SHV)”
- Wind Unknown 7 NNW Dry Prong SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Montgomery SPC verified report
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 431 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 17 miles south of Coushatta to 30 miles south of Many, or extending from 16 miles west of Natchitoches to 43 miles south of Natchitoches, moving east 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.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 452 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southwest of Montgomery, or 15 miles southeast of Natchitoches, 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 629 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles south of Colfax, or 33 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Bentley.”
- Hail 0.75" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 815 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong shower 11 miles south of Montgomery, or 17 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving north at 35 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, February 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 718 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 9 miles south of Coushatta to 7 miles south of Many, or extending from 17 miles northwest of Natchitoches to 30 miles southwest of Natchitoches, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Friday, February 13, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“Shortly before 9PM CST on February 14th... 2026... a line of severe thunderstorms was moving east towards Grant Parish. Around 8:44 pm CST rotation along the line devel (SHV)”
“Tree reported downed on Cold Branch Road to tbe east of Colfax. (SHV)”
- Tornado Tornado 8 SSE Colfax SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 ENE Colfax SPC verified report
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 126 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northeast of Colfax, or 23 miles south of Winnfield, 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1216 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles west of Midway, or 26 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving northeast 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Monday, November 24, 2025
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1128 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 15 miles southwest of Olla, or 17 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1048 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Montgomery, or 11 miles southeast of Natchitoches, moving northeast at 50 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 outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 625 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 5 miles west of Clarks to 6 miles southeast of Winnfield, or extending from 11 miles southwest of Columbia to 6 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving east at 30 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.”
“At 601 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Winnfield, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 158 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles south of Winnfield to 18 miles southwest of Midway, or extending from 8 miles south of Winnfield to 38 miles southeast of Winnfield, moving northeast at 20 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.”
- Hail 0.25" Grant Parish NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Grant Parish, LA?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 62 severe weather events in Grant Parish over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Grant Parish recently?
Yes — 50 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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