By Jerry Strahan

Summary for Springhill 

April 27: low was 72  high was 84

April 28: low was 74 high was 85 

April 29: low was 73 high 83   there was also a severe thunderstorm this day 

April 30: low was 61 high was 62

May 1: low was 55 high was 65

May 2: low was 52 high was 71

May 3: low was 50 high was 83

Minden

April 27: low was 75 high was 86

April 28: low was 75 high was 86

April 29:  low was 75 high was 85  severe thunderstorm on this day 

April 30: low was 63 high was 64   

 

May 1: low was 55 high was 66

May 2: low was 53 high was 72

May 3: low was 51 high was 85

Rainfall Springhill 

May 1: 72

May 2: 04

Minden April 30: 77

May 1: 29

May 2: 46

All Rainfall totals are in 100th of an inch and the readings are taken each day at 7 a.m. for the previous 24 hours. 

Extended forecast 

From May 4 to the end of the week.  Lows 60s and highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s 

There’s a chance of severe weather on May 5. We will keep you updated.

The two attached radars are from the two severe thunderstorms.

The one near Springhill, lightning strikes were approximately 90 per minute. 

The other radar started in Bossier Parish with some reports of golf ball size hail. 

By the time it reached Webster Parish near Minden, it had lost some of the hail core. Maybe pea size, estimated my radar. 

Minden had approximately 111 strikes per minute.

(Jerry Strahan was a first responder in fire and emergency services for almost 45 years. He lives in north Webster Parish and has written weather articles for other publications.)

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