Louisiana storm reports for April 6, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 6, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 25 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 6, 2018.

in Louisiana; 63
Storm reports: Near 32.24, -92.61, LA; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 36 miles from Shreveport, LA; 9
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 6, 2018 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

Hail25, most at 6 PM

Wind29, most at 7 PM

Tornado9, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:05 PM	EF0	Near 32.47, -91.33, LA	1.14 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:40 PM	EF0	Near 32.31, -91.98, LA	7.85 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:31 PM	EF2	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA	10.13 mi long, 1800 yd wide
9:14 PM	EF1	Near 31.61, -92.99, LA	0.72 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:17 AM	EF1	About 47 miles from Lake Charles, LA	7.94 mi long, 1000 yd wide
1:36 AM	EF1	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.21 mi long, 600 yd wide
1:44 AM	EF1	About 39 miles from Lake Charles, LA	8.92 mi long, 1200 yd wide
2:14 AM	EF0	About 35 miles from Lake Charles, LA	0.45 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:18 AM	EF1	About 36 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.25 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:45 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.90, -92.24, LA
5:00 PM	2.5 in	Near 32.24, -92.61, LA
5:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.65, -92.40, LA
5:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.31, -92.45, LA
5:28 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.48, -91.49, LA
5:35 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.72, -92.34, LA
5:50 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:08 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:12 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:15 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:15 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:15 PM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 25 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:20 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	1.25 in	About 7 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	1.5 in	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.29, -92.09, LA
6:23 PM	1.75 in	About 27 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:25 PM	1.75 in	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:27 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.48, -91.51, LA
6:30 PM	1.75 in	About 7 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:35 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.75, -92.39, LA
6:36 PM	1.25 in	About 8 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:48 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.25, -92.71, LA
7:07 PM	1.75 in	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 31.36, -92.13, LA

Time	Gust	Where
5:31 PM	85 mph	Near 32.26, -92.40, LA
5:53 PM	58 mph	Near 32.78, -91.56, LA
6:47 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
6:53 PM	58 mph	Near 32.36, -91.82, LA
7:00 PM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:05 PM	75 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:05 PM	96 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:05 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:06 PM	75 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:06 PM	85 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:07 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:07 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 29 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:07 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:07 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:08 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:10 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:10 PM	64 mph	Near 32.52, -92.15, LA
7:15 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:15 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:46 PM	58 mph	Near 32.34, -91.93, LA
7:52 PM	60 mph	Near 32.26, -92.26, LA
8:10 PM	64 mph	Near 32.12, -92.84, LA
8:25 PM	70 mph	About 47 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:30 PM	64 mph	Near 32.10, -92.07, LA
8:34 PM	58 mph	Near 31.98, -91.66, LA
8:56 PM	58 mph	Near 31.95, -91.20, LA
9:05 PM	64 mph	Near 31.67, -93.05, LA
4:00 AM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:50 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from New Orleans, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Shreveport, LA	1.75 in	None	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.