Louisiana storm reports for May 12, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 12, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 12, 2017.

in Louisiana; 15
Storm reports: About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 4 miles from Baton Rouge, 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 May 12, 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

Hail4, most at 3 PM

Wind7, most at 10 AM

Tornado4, most at 9 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:00 AM	EF0	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	4.62 mi long, 80 yd wide
9:11 AM	EF1	About 4 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.6 mi long, 30 yd wide
10:37 AM	EF0	About 27 miles from New Orleans, LA	6.77 mi long, 40 yd wide
11:14 AM	EF0	About 18 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.22 mi long, 25 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:10 PM	1.5 in	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:33 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:50 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:30 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Time	Gust	Where
10:26 AM	63 mph	About 27 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:37 AM	69 mph	About 28 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:38 AM	69 mph	About 27 miles from New Orleans, LA
10:49 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:36 AM	63 mph	About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA
3:15 PM	100 mph	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:02 PM	63 mph	About 40 miles from Baton Rouge, 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	1.5 in	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.