Put Cloudbreak on your portfolio.

Leave your email and we’ll reach out within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call 940-391-3558.

Storm reports for April 24, 2019

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in 6 states on April 24, 2019.

in 6 states
41
Storm reports
About 14 miles from College Station, TX
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 47 miles from Lake Charles, LA
87 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 32.51, -92.67, LA
12
Tornado reports
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 24, 2019 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.

What happened

An EF3 tornado with winds near 145 mph struck Ruston, Louisiana, starting at 12:47 a.m. CST on April 25, on an 11-mile path up to 1,000 yards wide across Lincoln Parish.1 In Ruston it tore metal roofs off buildings, blew out windows and damaged the brick walls of several businesses, then caused considerable roof damage to several businesses along the Interstate 20 service road.1 The Louisiana State Fire Marshal counted 22 buildings destroyed, 154 with major damage and 254 with minor damage in Ruston, and about 1,220 structures were affected across the parish.1 Two people died when a tree fell through a home in Ruston, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $50 million in property damage.1

Earlier, at 10:13 p.m. CST on April 24, an EF2 with winds of 130 mph crossed the north side of San Augustine, Texas.2 Initial assessments found about 150 homes and 10 businesses damaged across San Augustine County, and the database lists $5 million in damage.2 At 1:10 a.m. CST on April 25, an EF1 with winds near 110 mph crossed Union Parish, Louisiana, damaging more than 100 homes and causing major damage to 31 businesses and several poultry houses.3 At 3:48 p.m. CST on April 24, an EF2 tornado near Harvey in Brazos County, Texas, did significant damage to four warehouse and commercial buildings and one home, and injured one person.4

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 815582, tornado, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 814390, tornado, San Augustine County, Texas
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 816381, tornado, Union Parish, Louisiana
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 818797, tornado, Brazos County, Texas

Reports by hour

Hail7, most at 8 AM

Wind22, most at 3 PM

Tornado12, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:59 PMEF0Near 37.20, -89.20, IL0.23 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:48 PMEF2About 7 miles from College Station, TX1.74 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:13 PMEF2Near 31.52, -94.15, TX8.52 mi long, 1100 yd wide
11:42 PMEF1About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA30.69 mi long, 900 yd wide
11:51 PMEF1About 18 miles from Shreveport, LA1.04 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:12 AMEF1About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA2.52 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:25 AMEF1About 51 miles from Shreveport, LA1.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:47 AMEF3Near 32.51, -92.67, LA11.15 mi long, 1000 yd wide
2:10 AMEF1Near 32.69, -92.40, LA21.37 mi long, 850 yd wide
2:44 AMEF2Near 32.97, -92.01, LA15.99 mi long, 2000 yd wide
2:59 AMEF0Near 31.67, -92.26, LA8.77 mi long, 700 yd wide
4:56 AMEF1About 46 miles from Lake Charles, LA3.17 mi long, 500 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Louisiana18198
Texas17593
Illinois2101
Mississippi2020
Arkansas1010
Missouri1010

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
College Station, TX1.75 inNone1
Georgetown, TXNone64 mph0
Round Rock, TXNone64 mph0

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