Louisiana storm reports for January 21, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, January 21, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 27 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Louisiana on January 21, 2017.

in Louisiana; 38
Storm reports: Near 31.56, -91.99, LA; 3.5 in
Largest hail: Near 32.90, -92.40, LA; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 30 miles from Shreveport, LA; 8
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, 2017 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

Hail27, most at 5 PM

Wind3, most at 8 PM

Tornado8, 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
5:12 PM	EF2	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA	10.79 mi long, 990 yd wide
5:55 PM	EF1	About 40 miles from Shreveport, LA	3.5 mi long, 350 yd wide
5:56 PM	EF2	Near 31.68, -93.04, LA	2.04 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:00 PM	EF1	Near 31.56, -92.75, LA	2.23 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:51 PM	EF0	Near 31.63, -92.42, LA	1.24 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:29 PM	EF0	Near 31.68, -92.16, LA	0.16 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:48 PM	EF0	Near 32.87, -92.17, LA	0.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:04 PM	EF1	Near 32.82, -91.79, LA	8.87 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:55 PM	2.0 in	About 26 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:55 PM	2.0 in	About 22 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:09 PM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:10 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:11 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from New Orleans, LA
5:30 PM	1.25 in	About 28 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:38 PM	0.75 in	In Slidell, LA
5:50 PM	2.0 in	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.75, -93.09, LA
5:50 PM	1.75 in	About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:50 PM	2.0 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:50 PM	2.5 in	About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 27 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:58 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:07 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:15 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:16 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:17 PM	2.5 in	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:30 PM	1.25 in	About 51 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:45 PM	0.88 in	About 24 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.62, -92.04, LA
7:21 PM	3.5 in	Near 31.56, -91.99, LA
7:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.58, -92.53, LA
7:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.94, -92.60, LA
7:39 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:50 PM	1.75 in	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.66, -92.41, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
New Orleans, LA	1.0 in	None	0
Slidell, LA	0.75 in	None	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
6:15 AM	69 mph	About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA
8:27 PM	70 mph	Near 32.90, -92.40, LA
8:49 PM	58 mph	Near 32.78, -91.79, LA