Louisiana storm reports for May 8, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 8, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 20 wind reports and 12 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 8, 2019.

in Louisiana; 32
Storm reports: About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 21 miles from Shreveport, LA; 12
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 8, 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.

Reports by hour

Wind20, most at 6 PM

Tornado12, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:33 PM	EF1	About 21 miles from Shreveport, LA	1.83 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:44 PM	EF1	About 17 miles from Shreveport, LA	13.48 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:53 PM	EF1	About 15 miles from Shreveport, LA	3.92 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:15 PM	EF1	About 51 miles from Shreveport, LA	2.98 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:22 PM	EF1	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA	2.85 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:35 PM	EF1	Near 32.20, -92.71, LA	0.42 mi long, 70 yd wide
5:35 PM	EF1	Near 32.22, -92.71, LA	7.36 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:42 PM	EF1	Near 32.24, -92.58, LA	4.03 mi long, 350 yd wide
5:47 PM	EF1	Near 32.45, -92.69, LA	5.43 mi long, 80 yd wide
6:36 PM	EF1	Near 32.45, -91.92, LA	8.89 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:36 PM	EF1	Near 32.47, -91.98, LA	4.27 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:52 PM	EF1	Near 32.52, -91.74, LA	7.88 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
3:54 PM	81 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:57 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:00 PM	64 mph	About 53 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:10 PM	75 mph	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:15 PM	96 mph	About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:39 PM	90 mph	Near 32.24, -92.64, LA
5:50 PM	63 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:55 PM	81 mph	Near 31.52, -92.71, LA
6:02 PM	69 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
6:10 PM	75 mph	Near 31.90, -92.24, LA
6:30 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
6:42 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:45 PM	69 mph	Near 32.39, -91.79, LA
6:47 PM	63 mph	Near 32.48, -91.86, LA
6:51 PM	58 mph	Near 32.22, -91.72, LA
7:05 PM	58 mph	Near 31.81, -91.76, LA
7:15 PM	58 mph	Near 32.44, -91.38, LA
7:33 PM	63 mph	Near 31.81, -91.38, LA
6:40 AM	58 mph	Near 31.90, -91.89, LA
6:42 AM	63 mph	Near 32.05, -91.80, 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	None	81 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.