Louisiana storm reports for April 24, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 24, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 24 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 24, 2015.

in Louisiana; 36
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 69 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 4
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 April 24, 2015 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

Hail8, most at 3 PM

Wind24, most at 1 PM

Tornado4, 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
12:24 PM	EF1	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA	8.36 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 PM	EF0	About 27 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.2 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:40 PM	EF1	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA	9.29 mi long, 820 yd wide
11:48 PM	EF1	Near 32.86, -91.92, LA	4.26 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:45 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:15 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:37 PM	2.75 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:40 PM	2.75 in	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
4:10 PM	1.75 in	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:25 PM	1.75 in	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:50 PM	1.75 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:30 PM	0.88 in	About 43 miles from Shreveport, LA

Time	Gust	Where
12:56 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:09 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:20 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:25 PM	64 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:30 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Lafayette, LA
4:25 PM	69 mph	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
6:15 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from New Orleans, LA
9:55 PM	62 mph	About 29 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:03 PM	62 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 24 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
10:30 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:30 PM	61 mph	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:32 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:40 PM	62 mph	About 11 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:10 PM	62 mph	Near 32.83, -92.66, LA
11:52 PM	58 mph	Near 32.77, -91.91, LA
11:55 PM	58 mph	Near 32.69, -91.87, LA
11:59 PM	63 mph	Near 32.78, -91.79, LA
12:18 AM	63 mph	Near 32.86, -91.39, LA
12:20 AM	58 mph	Near 32.68, -91.45, LA
12:29 AM	58 mph	Near 32.74, -91.27, LA
12:35 AM	66 mph	Near 32.81, -91.18, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lafayette, LA	2.75 in	64 mph	0
Shreveport, LA	None	62 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.