Louisiana storm reports for December 23, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, December 23, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 18 hail reports, 4 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on December 23, 2014.

in Louisiana; 23
Storm reports: Near 31.76, -91.62, LA; 4.25 in
Largest hail: About 53 miles from Slidell, LA; 69 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 43 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 1
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 23, 2014 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

Hail18, most at 9 AM

Wind4, most at 9 AM

Tornado1, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:19 PM	EF2	About 43 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	4.62 mi long, 150 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
9:06 AM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:06 AM	1.75 in	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.69, -93.30, LA
9:20 AM	1.5 in	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:22 AM	0.75 in	Near 31.65, -93.20, LA
9:23 AM	0.75 in	About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:35 AM	1.25 in	About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:18 AM	2.5 in	About 38 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:20 AM	2.5 in	Near 31.10, -91.92, LA
10:39 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
10:40 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.51, -92.08, LA
10:40 AM	2.0 in	About 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Show all 18 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
10:48 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.57, -91.44, LA
11:00 AM	2.75 in	Near 31.56, -91.75, LA
11:11 AM	4.25 in	Near 31.76, -91.62, LA
11:22 AM	2.0 in	Near 31.89, -91.58, LA
12:04 PM	0.75 in	About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA
12:12 PM	0.75 in	About 33 miles from Lafayette, 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	1.75 in	None	0
Lafayette, LA	None	67 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.

Time	Gust	Where
9:45 AM	67 mph	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:43 AM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
11:34 AM	61 mph	Near 32.03, -91.59, LA
1:59 PM	69 mph	About 53 miles from Slidell, LA