Storm reports for April 27, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, April 27, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 25 hail reports, 44 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in 3 states on April 27, 2015.

in 3 states; 74
Storm reports: About 54 miles from North Port, FL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 15 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 104 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 27, 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

Hail25, most at 5 PM

Wind44, most at 9 AM

Tornado5, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:15 AM	EF1	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.64 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:28 AM	EF0	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.64 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:43 AM	EF1	About 45 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.5 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:08 AM	EF0	About 34 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.8 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:23 AM	EF1	About 21 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.57 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:10 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Beaumont, TX
2:30 PM	1.25 in	About 46 miles from Beaumont, TX
2:35 PM	1.5 in	About 45 miles from Beaumont, TX
3:45 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:58 PM	0.88 in	About 52 miles from North Port, FL
3:58 PM	0.88 in	About 36 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:08 PM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from North Port, FL
4:08 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from North Port, FL
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
4:35 PM	1.75 in	About 23 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
4:57 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Miami, FL
4:58 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Miami, FL

Show all 25 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:10 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Miami, FL
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Miami, FL
5:20 PM	1.75 in	About 8 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL
5:40 PM	1.75 in	About 15 miles from Beaumont, TX
5:41 PM	0.75 in	About 16 miles from Miami, FL
5:42 PM	0.75 in	About 17 miles from Miami, FL
5:45 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Beaumont, TX
6:08 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.71, -98.99, TX
6:12 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Beaumont, TX
6:25 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:13 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.24, -99.00, TX
8:55 PM	1.75 in	About 54 miles from Killeen, TX
6:35 AM	0.88 in	About 13 miles from North Port, FL

Time	Gust	Where
7:05 AM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:13 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:15 AM	58 mph	In Lake Charles, LA
7:19 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:33 AM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:50 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:03 AM	64 mph	About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:05 AM	62 mph	Near 31.53, -92.41, LA
8:18 AM	62 mph	Near 31.67, -92.57, LA
8:22 AM	60 mph	In Lafayette, LA
8:31 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:41 AM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Lafayette, LA

Show all 44 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:42 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:45 AM	69 mph	About 26 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:02 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:05 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:08 AM	104 mph	About 15 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:10 AM	69 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 AM	69 mph	In Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 AM	69 mph	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:16 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:20 AM	69 mph	About 35 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:20 AM	62 mph	About 8 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 AM	69 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 AM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:40 AM	69 mph	About 57 miles from New Orleans, LA
9:40 AM	63 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:45 AM	69 mph	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:10 AM	63 mph	About 57 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:10 AM	69 mph	About 33 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:28 AM	70 mph	About 19 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:35 AM	92 mph	About 15 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:45 AM	69 mph	About 17 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:50 AM	66 mph	About 12 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:55 AM	63 mph	About 12 miles from New Orleans, LA
4:08 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from North Port, FL
5:48 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Miami, FL
11:25 PM	81 mph	About 41 miles from Arlington, TX
11:40 PM	75 mph	About 34 miles from Waco, TX
11:40 PM	90 mph	About 36 miles from Waco, TX
11:53 PM	81 mph	About 36 miles from Grand Prairie, TX
12:00 AM	81 mph	About 36 miles from Grand Prairie, TX

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Louisiana	45	3	37	5
Florida	15	13	2	0
Texas	14	9	5	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Beaumont, TX	1.75 in	None
Port St. Lucie, FL	1.75 in	None
North Port, FL	0.88 in	None
Baton Rouge, LA	None	104 mph
Lafayette, LA	None	60 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	58 mph
Miami, FL	None	58 mph
New Orleans, LA	None	66 mph

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