APRIL 13, 2013-LATE NIGHT SVR T-STORM HAIL CORE PUNCH-NORTHEAST ST. MARTINVILLE, LA

[Joe-Nathan]

So we had these storm start popping up in the North GOM late Saturday night (04/13/13). One went Severe T-Storm Warned, moving about 55mph and was headed towards St. Martinville. So I decided to give it a shot. Set up about 8mi east of town but quickly determined I needed to head west towards town. Got into some rain and wind then hit the hail core. This hail shaft was about 1 mile wide. Very unusual for my area. Hail was in the nickel to penny size range. It only lasted a few minutes, but came down hard enough to cover the ground.

Sorry for the crappy video, but I don't have any mounts and the roads were not the best:

[video=youtube;T7ck9u9EfZ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ck9u9EfZ8[/video]


Here is my Spotter Net report:

Quote:13500;;2013-04-14 05:04:00;;Hail;;0.88" (Nickel);;30.157900;;-91.786200;;N;;3 miles NE of ST. MARTINVILLE, LA;;Nickel to penny sized hail at my location for approximately 5 minutes. Also very heavy rain and 35+ MPH winds.

[Joe-Nathan]

Forgot to add my RadarScope screen shot:




IEM report screen shot: