Louisiana storm reports for January 21, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, January 21, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 21 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on January 21, 2016.

in Louisiana; 27
Storm reports: About 50 miles from Slidell, LA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 48 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 January 21, 2016 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

Hail21, most at 2 PM

Wind5, most at 3 PM

Tornado1, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:58 PM	EF1	About 48 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.24 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
6:00 AM	0.75 in	About 26 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:52 AM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:10 AM	0.88 in	Near 32.24, -92.71, LA
7:29 AM	1.0 in	Near 31.85, -91.66, LA
10:15 AM	0.88 in	About 40 miles from Jackson, MS
12:30 PM	0.75 in	About 41 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:45 PM	2.0 in	About 44 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:23 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:30 PM	1.25 in	About 59 miles from Lafayette, LA
2:30 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:44 PM	1.25 in	Near 31.11, -91.91, LA
2:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.13, -92.06, LA

Show all 21 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:51 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.62, -91.83, LA
2:52 PM	1.25 in	Near 30.97, -92.58, LA
4:55 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:40 PM	0.75 in	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:45 PM	1.75 in	About 45 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:54 PM	2.0 in	About 45 miles from Slidell, LA
5:55 PM	2.75 in	About 50 miles from Slidell, LA
6:03 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
6:05 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Slidell, LA

Time	Gust	Where
1:48 PM	58 mph	Near 31.26, -93.02, LA
3:10 PM	58 mph	Near 31.42, -92.41, LA
3:11 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
4:45 PM	81 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:50 PM	69 mph	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

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