Louisiana storm reports for April 13, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 13, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 18 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 13, 2018.

in Louisiana; 37
Storm reports: Near 32.52, -92.61, LA; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, near 32.02, -92.27, LA; 19
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 13, 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

Wind18, most at 2 AM

Tornado19, most at 12 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:34 PM	EF1	Near 32.53, -92.36, LA	1.72 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:43 PM	EF1	Near 32.58, -92.33, LA	3.94 mi long, 950 yd wide
7:04 PM	EF1	Near 32.71, -92.22, LA	0.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:33 PM	EF2	Near 32.02, -92.27, LA	4.11 mi long, 340 yd wide
9:00 PM	EF0	Near 32.45, -91.83, LA	3.19 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:46 PM	EF1	Near 32.76, -91.61, LA	1.9 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:10 AM	EF1	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA	22.54 mi long, 1100 yd wide
12:42 AM	EF0	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA	5.11 mi long, 300 yd wide
12:58 AM	EF1	About 43 miles from Shreveport, LA	2.93 mi long, 500 yd wide
1:11 AM	EF1	About 45 miles from Shreveport, LA	6.85 mi long, 1000 yd wide
1:47 AM	EF2	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA	5.38 mi long, 210 yd wide
2:00 AM	EF1	Near 32.48, -92.72, LA	6.45 mi long, 470 yd wide

Show all 19 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:14 AM	EF1	Near 32.53, -92.54, LA	4.6 mi long, 865 yd wide
2:24 AM	EF1	Near 32.58, -92.42, LA	7.31 mi long, 1545 yd wide
3:21 AM	EF1	Near 32.77, -91.73, LA	3.18 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:33 AM	EF0	Near 32.81, -91.57, LA	2.38 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:36 AM	EF0	Near 32.86, -91.52, LA	4.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:03 AM	EF1	About 32 miles from Lafayette, LA	1.25 mi long, 580 yd wide
6:37 AM	EF2	About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA	4.13 mi long, 650 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
6:55 PM	70 mph	Near 31.78, -92.52, LA
7:20 PM	75 mph	Near 32.83, -92.15, LA
9:04 PM	58 mph	Near 32.48, -91.81, LA
12:20 AM	64 mph	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:20 AM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:07 AM	75 mph	About 37 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:09 AM	85 mph	Near 32.52, -92.61, LA
2:46 AM	75 mph	Near 32.61, -92.09, LA
2:51 AM	75 mph	Near 32.67, -92.05, LA
2:51 AM	81 mph	Near 32.67, -92.04, LA
3:09 AM	63 mph	Near 32.92, -91.89, LA
4:05 AM	67 mph	Near 32.91, -91.21, LA

Show all 18 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:00 AM	58 mph	About 6 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:12 AM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:14 AM	63 mph	About 15 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:29 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:25 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:37 AM	68 mph	About 24 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
Lafayette, LA	None	None	1
Lake Charles, LA	None	63 mph	0
Shreveport, LA	None	70 mph	1

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.