Louisiana storm reports for April 26, 2011

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 26, 2011
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 15 hail reports, 31 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 26, 2011.

in Louisiana; 62
Storm reports: About 40 miles from Shreveport, LA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 31.67, -93.00, LA; 110 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 32.67, -91.44, LA; 16
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 26, 2011 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail15, most at 8 PM

Wind31, most at 1 AM

Tornado16, most at 12 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:34 PM	EF0	About 12 miles from Shreveport, LA	3.59 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:54 PM	EF1	About 29 miles from Shreveport, LA	6.49 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:25 PM	EF1	About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA	5.27 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:31 PM	EF0	Near 32.44, -92.69, LA	5.98 mi long, 80 yd wide
9:45 PM	EF1	Near 32.93, -92.77, LA	26.52 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:50 PM	EF0	Near 32.47, -92.43, LA	5.21 mi long, 70 yd wide
10:33 PM	EF0	Near 32.58, -91.99, LA	1.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:44 PM	EF0	Near 32.76, -91.97, LA	2.46 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:45 PM	EF1	Near 32.91, -92.00, LA	12.03 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:55 PM	EF1	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA	3.52 mi long, 125 yd wide
12:03 AM	EF2	Near 32.67, -91.44, LA	10.99 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:27 AM	EF2	About 59 miles from Shreveport, LA	17.45 mi long, 300 yd wide

Show all 16 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:42 AM	EF1	Near 31.62, -93.41, LA	4.69 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:42 AM	EF1	Near 31.65, -93.34, LA	7.97 mi long, 880 yd wide
12:56 AM	EF2	Near 31.62, -93.12, LA	25.13 mi long, 880 yd wide
1:36 AM	EF0	Near 31.81, -92.33, LA	7.98 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:15 AM	1.75 in	About 35 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:08 PM	1.75 in	About 14 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:20 PM	1.5 in	About 3 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:27 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:42 PM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:42 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:47 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
9:00 PM	2.75 in	About 40 miles from Shreveport, LA
9:11 PM	1.75 in	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:24 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.46, -92.33, LA
10:55 PM	1.75 in	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.46, -92.33, LA
11:57 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.62, -91.57, LA
1:00 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.76, -93.10, LA

Time	Gust	Where
8:27 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:37 PM	62 mph	About 24 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:45 PM	66 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:52 PM	64 mph	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:35 PM	69 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:40 PM	64 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:44 PM	69 mph	Near 32.69, -91.94, LA
10:45 PM	69 mph	Near 32.53, -92.15, LA
10:45 PM	70 mph	Near 32.51, -92.08, LA
10:54 PM	64 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:15 PM	70 mph	Near 32.52, -92.37, LA
11:28 PM	62 mph	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA

Show all 31 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
11:35 PM	69 mph	Near 32.24, -92.71, LA
11:40 PM	70 mph	Near 32.53, -92.15, LA
11:40 PM	58 mph	Near 32.63, -91.77, LA
11:50 PM	64 mph	Near 32.45, -92.40, LA
12:00 AM	63 mph	Near 32.87, -91.39, LA
12:40 AM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
12:56 AM	110 mph	Near 31.67, -93.00, LA
1:00 AM	90 mph	Near 31.76, -93.10, LA
1:02 AM	81 mph	Near 32.51, -92.08, LA
1:03 AM	100 mph	Near 31.66, -92.80, LA
1:05 AM	75 mph	Near 32.51, -92.08, LA
1:10 AM	75 mph	Near 32.26, -91.75, LA
1:33 AM	75 mph	Near 32.44, -91.30, LA
1:50 AM	78 mph	Near 32.16, -91.72, LA
2:20 AM	75 mph	Near 31.98, -91.66, LA
2:24 AM	61 mph	Near 32.07, -91.24, LA
2:30 AM	63 mph	Near 31.77, -91.82, LA
3:05 AM	63 mph	Near 31.67, -91.84, LA
5:55 AM	63 mph	Near 32.24, -91.24, LA

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Shreveport, LA	1.75 in	60 mph	1

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.