Louisiana storm reports for December 25, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, December 25, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Dec 24, 2012

NOAA recorded 20 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Louisiana on December 25, 2012.

in Louisiana; 26
Storm reports: About 29 miles from New Orleans, LA; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 31.36, -92.49, LA; 6
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 December 25, 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

Wind20, most at 12 PM

Tornado6, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:15 PM	EF0	Near 31.22, -93.13, LA	0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:43 PM	EF0	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.19 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:45 PM	EF2	Near 31.36, -92.49, LA	4.62 mi long, 500 yd wide
12:50 PM	EF2	Near 31.30, -92.45, LA	0.77 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:19 PM	EF1	Near 31.50, -91.91, LA	2.55 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:20 PM	EF0	About 16 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.8 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
11:35 AM	61 mph	About 41 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:56 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
12:12 PM	61 mph	About 59 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:15 PM	63 mph	Near 32.08, -92.66, LA
12:16 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA
12:45 PM	60 mph	Near 32.48, -92.16, LA
12:50 PM	58 mph	Near 31.37, -92.44, LA
12:51 PM	60 mph	Near 32.10, -92.08, LA
12:53 PM	61 mph	Near 31.29, -92.46, LA
1:14 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Beaumont, TX
2:00 PM	60 mph	Near 32.62, -91.61, LA
2:23 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from New Orleans, LA

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:40 PM	70 mph	About 29 miles from New Orleans, LA
2:41 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:05 PM	64 mph	About 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:20 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:30 PM	69 mph	About 27 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Slidell, LA
4:25 PM	58 mph	About 54 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	Tornado reports
Baton Rouge, LA	None	64 mph	0
Lafayette, LA	None	58 mph	0

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