Louisiana storm reports for February 18, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, February 18, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on February 18, 2012.

in Louisiana; 18
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 36 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on February 18, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report.

Reports by hour

Hail2, most at 9 AM

Wind15, most at 9 AM

Tornado1, most at 8 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:52 AM	EF0	About 36 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.45 mi long, 20 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
7:45 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:00 AM	63 mph	About 11 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:00 AM	75 mph	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:10 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:30 AM	75 mph	In Lafayette, LA
9:45 AM	60 mph	In Lafayette, LA
10:15 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:20 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:40 AM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
11:10 AM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
11:35 AM	60 mph	About 39 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:40 AM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Slidell, LA
12:12 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Slidell, LA
12:15 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Slidell, LA
12:15 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Slidell, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Baton Rouge, LA	1.0 in	60 mph
Lafayette, LA	1.0 in	75 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	63 mph

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

Time	Size	Where
9:43 AM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:35 AM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Baton Rouge, LA