Louisiana storm reports for April 2, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 2, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 20 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 2, 2017.

in Louisiana; 57
Storm reports: Near 32.33, -91.94, LA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 32.05, -92.06, LA; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 31.13, -92.54, LA; 21
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 2, 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

Hail16, most at 8 AM

Wind20, most at 4 PM

Tornado21, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:04 AM	EF1	About 3 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
9:47 AM	EF1	About 11 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.8 mi long, 20 yd wide
2:32 PM	EF1	Near 30.99, -92.60, LA	7.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:50 PM	EF2	Near 31.13, -92.54, LA	6.11 mi long, 800 yd wide
2:53 PM	EF2	Near 31.58, -92.25, LA	5.55 mi long, 1636 yd wide
3:05 PM	EF1	Near 31.25, -92.48, LA	5.41 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:07 PM	EF1	Near 31.31, -93.58, LA	9.83 mi long, 370 yd wide
3:20 PM	EF0	Near 31.46, -92.78, LA	0.1 mi long, 10 yd wide
3:52 PM	EF2	Near 31.51, -92.25, LA	13.66 mi long, 2252 yd wide
3:54 PM	EF1	Near 31.78, -92.51, LA	4.1 mi long, 1108 yd wide
4:12 PM	EF1	Near 31.69, -92.87, LA	4.43 mi long, 1108 yd wide
4:17 PM	EF1	Near 32.06, -91.94, LA	13.19 mi long, 1232 yd wide

Show all 21 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:18 PM	EF2	Near 31.75, -92.16, LA	1.09 mi long, 440 yd wide
4:22 PM	EF2	Near 31.74, -92.04, LA	13.77 mi long, 880 yd wide
4:48 PM	EF1	Near 32.24, -91.85, LA	3.69 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:49 PM	EF1	Near 32.26, -91.78, LA	3.78 mi long, 880 yd wide
4:57 PM	EF1	Near 32.31, -91.76, LA	0.99 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:09 PM	EF2	Near 32.09, -91.69, LA	5.83 mi long, 616 yd wide
5:41 PM	EF0	Near 32.19, -91.49, LA	1.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:02 AM	EF1	About 29 miles from Slidell, LA	2.46 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:12 AM	EF1	About 24 miles from Slidell, LA	7.29 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:45 AM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:32 AM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:35 AM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:48 AM	1.0 in	In Lafayette, LA
8:55 AM	1.25 in	In Lafayette, LA
10:43 AM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:44 AM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
12:15 PM	1.25 in	Near 32.11, -92.07, LA
12:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.33, -91.94, LA
1:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.57, -91.81, LA
2:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.29, -92.46, LA
2:47 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:05 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.35, -92.39, LA
3:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.33, -92.42, LA
6:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.52, -92.41, LA

Time	Gust	Where
2:45 PM	70 mph	Near 31.52, -92.41, LA
3:25 PM	75 mph	Near 32.53, -92.63, LA
3:30 PM	70 mph	Near 32.52, -92.36, LA
3:35 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Lafayette, LA
3:55 PM	81 mph	Near 32.05, -92.06, LA
4:00 PM	70 mph	Near 31.86, -92.43, LA
4:00 PM	70 mph	Near 31.92, -92.99, LA
4:20 PM	60 mph	Near 32.78, -91.91, LA
4:20 PM	81 mph	Near 32.52, -92.12, LA
4:30 PM	70 mph	Near 31.61, -92.54, LA
4:46 PM	70 mph	Near 32.79, -92.49, LA
5:17 PM	58 mph	Near 32.85, -91.22, LA

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:00 PM	60 mph	Near 32.16, -91.23, LA
6:10 PM	70 mph	Near 31.49, -92.34, LA
1:45 AM	69 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:29 AM	63 mph	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:48 AM	63 mph	About 37 miles from Slidell, LA
4:07 AM	69 mph	About 24 miles from Slidell, LA
4:14 AM	69 mph	About 22 miles from Slidell, LA
4:15 AM	69 mph	About 24 miles from Slidell, 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	1.25 in	None	2
Shreveport, LA	0.75 in	None	0
Baton Rouge, LA	None	63 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.