Louisiana storm reports for April 29, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 29, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 25 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 29, 2017.

in Louisiana; 45
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 54 miles from Lafayette, LA; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 31.76, -93.15, LA; 4
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 29, 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 7 PM

Wind25, most at 2 PM

Tornado4, most at 4 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:24 PM	EF1	Near 31.76, -93.15, LA	1.96 mi long, 290 yd wide
3:07 AM	EF1	Near 31.99, -92.59, LA	6.87 mi long, 1760 yd wide
4:20 AM	EF1	About 52 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.63 mi long, 95 yd wide
4:44 AM	EF1	Near 32.59, -91.85, LA	5.71 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:27 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:30 PM	1.0 in	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:49 PM	0.88 in	About 3 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:05 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:05 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:07 PM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:07 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:10 PM	1.75 in	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:10 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:50 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:53 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:52 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:55 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:00 AM	1.5 in	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:14 AM	1.25 in	About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Time	Gust	Where
12:35 PM	70 mph	Near 31.62, -93.10, LA
1:15 PM	70 mph	Near 31.44, -93.46, LA
1:40 PM	70 mph	Near 31.56, -93.48, LA
2:05 PM	70 mph	Near 31.69, -93.31, LA
2:10 PM	70 mph	Near 31.66, -93.20, LA
2:17 PM	81 mph	Near 31.72, -93.21, LA
2:36 PM	64 mph	About 59 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:44 PM	81 mph	Near 31.82, -92.98, LA
3:10 PM	75 mph	Near 32.23, -92.72, LA
3:15 PM	75 mph	Near 32.23, -92.69, LA
4:00 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:30 AM	70 mph	Near 31.75, -93.05, LA

Show all 25 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:30 AM	96 mph	About 54 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:45 AM	75 mph	About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:45 AM	75 mph	Near 32.25, -92.60, LA
3:15 AM	81 mph	Near 32.05, -92.59, LA
3:25 AM	64 mph	Near 32.12, -92.60, LA
4:02 AM	64 mph	Near 32.41, -92.34, LA
4:35 AM	64 mph	Near 32.52, -91.98, LA
5:00 AM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:25 AM	63 mph	Near 31.30, -91.78, LA
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:30 AM	58 mph	Near 31.96, -91.21, LA
6:45 AM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lake Charles, LA	1.75 in	58 mph	0
Lafayette, LA	None	58 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.