Louisiana storm reports for October 31, 2013

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, October 31, 2013
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 6 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Louisiana on October 31, 2013.

in Louisiana; 13
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 17 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 7
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 October 31, 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

Wind6, most at 11 AM

Tornado7, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:46 AM	EF1	About 17 miles from Lake Charles, LA	7.12 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:00 AM	EF1	About 15 miles from Lake Charles, LA	7.89 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:00 AM	EF0	About 20 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.48 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:14 AM	EF0	About 23 miles from Lake Charles, LA	0.82 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:30 AM	EF0	About 6 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.39 mi long, 30 yd wide
11:21 AM	EF0	About 45 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.49 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:41 AM	EF0	About 34 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.5 mi long, 70 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
10:47 AM	70 mph	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA
11:48 AM	58 mph	Near 32.81, -91.18, LA
11:55 AM	58 mph	Near 31.92, -91.72, LA
12:42 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:02 PM	61 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
1:02 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Jackson, MS

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	70 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.