Louisiana storm reports for July 20, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, July 20, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on July 20, 2012.

in Louisiana; 22
Storm reports: Near 32.51, -92.15, LA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 72 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 20, 2012 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

Hail6, most at 7 PM

Wind14, most at 9 PM

Tornado2, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:24 PM	EF1	About 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA	8.23 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:25 PM	EF0	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.49 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:57 PM	0.88 in	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
5:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.52, -92.12, LA
7:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.03, -91.99, LA
7:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.00, -91.96, LA
7:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.24, -92.55, LA

Time	Gust	Where
5:00 PM	69 mph	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
5:57 PM	60 mph	Near 32.38, -92.15, LA
6:20 PM	60 mph	Near 32.13, -92.08, LA
6:45 PM	60 mph	Near 32.10, -92.09, LA
7:23 PM	61 mph	Near 31.90, -92.19, LA
8:15 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:05 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:25 PM	63 mph	About 8 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:30 PM	69 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:38 PM	72 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:55 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:00 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lake Charles, LA	None	72 mph	2

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