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Louisiana storm reports for April 18, 2013

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 2 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 18, 2013.

in Louisiana
5
Storm reports
About 60 miles from Lafayette, LA
0.88 in
Largest hail
Near 32.85, -91.92, LA
58 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 32.57, -91.20, LA
2
Tornado reports
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 April 18, 2013 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

Hail1, most at 9 AM

Wind2, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:19 PMEF1Near 32.57, -91.20, LA2.87 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:23 PMEF0About 59 miles from Jackson, MS0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide

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