Louisiana storm reports for February 23, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, February 23, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 13 hail reports, 4 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in Louisiana on February 23, 2016.

in Louisiana; 30
Storm reports: Near 31.75, -93.09, LA; 1.25 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from New Orleans, LA; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 13
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 February 23, 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

Hail13, most at 5 PM

Wind4, most at 10 AM

Tornado13, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
11:11 AM	EF0	About 21 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:20 AM	EF0	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	3.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:08 PM	EF0	About 12 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.61 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:42 PM	EF2	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	4.33 mi long, 625 yd wide
1:14 PM	EF0	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:37 PM	EF1	About 40 miles from Lafayette, LA	2.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:10 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:21 PM	EF3	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	7.78 mi long, 350 yd wide
3:31 PM	EF2	About 29 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	12.95 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:15 PM	EF1	About 32 miles from New Orleans, LA	3.15 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:32 PM	EF2	About 34 miles from New Orleans, LA	4.69 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:41 PM	EF0	About 23 miles from Slidell, LA	0.38 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:13 PM	EF0	About 11 miles from Slidell, LA	1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:07 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:15 PM	0.88 in	About 49 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:23 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.75, -93.10, LA
5:24 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.76, -93.09, LA
5:25 PM	1.25 in	Near 31.75, -93.09, LA
6:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.93, -92.64, LA
6:05 PM	0.88 in	Near 31.81, -92.73, LA
6:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.68, -92.13, LA
6:51 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.42, -92.18, LA
7:10 PM	0.88 in	Near 32.62, -91.77, LA
7:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.90, -91.88, LA
7:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.98, -91.66, LA
7:49 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.63, -91.58, 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	None	None	1
Lafayette, LA	None	58 mph	0
Slidell, LA	None	None	1

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
10:56 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:56 AM	58 mph	About 34 miles from New Orleans, LA
1:02 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:47 PM	58 mph	Near 32.75, -91.43, LA