Louisiana storm reports for May 18, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 18, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 23 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 18, 2019.

in Louisiana; 33
Storm reports: About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 32.28, -91.79, LA; 10
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 18, 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

Wind23, most at 2 AM

Tornado10, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:02 AM	EF0	Near 31.37, -93.00, LA	1.19 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:46 AM	EF1	Near 32.28, -91.79, LA	18.67 mi long, 700 yd wide
3:14 AM	EF1	About 37 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.91 mi long, 600 yd wide
3:19 AM	EF1	About 38 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.6 mi long, 800 yd wide
3:26 AM	EF1	About 41 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.67 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:40 AM	EF1	About 51 miles from Lake Charles, LA	2.26 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:03 AM	EF1	About 48 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.3 mi long, 900 yd wide
5:42 AM	EF0	About 35 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:47 AM	EF1	About 33 miles from Lafayette, LA	9.07 mi long, 400 yd wide
5:50 AM	EF1	About 37 miles from Lafayette, LA	2.46 mi long, 600 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
8:10 PM	64 mph	About 20 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:20 PM	75 mph	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:40 PM	75 mph	About 27 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:50 PM	70 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:05 AM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:35 AM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:55 AM	75 mph	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:35 AM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:45 AM	60 mph	Near 31.96, -92.78, LA
2:15 AM	70 mph	Near 31.53, -92.87, LA
2:25 AM	70 mph	Near 31.82, -92.44, LA
2:45 AM	60 mph	Near 31.51, -92.50, LA

Show all 23 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
2:45 AM	63 mph	Near 32.47, -91.76, LA
2:54 AM	58 mph	Near 32.16, -91.72, LA
2:55 AM	60 mph	Near 31.71, -92.21, LA
3:00 AM	64 mph	Near 31.68, -92.14, LA
3:46 AM	58 mph	About 58 miles from Jackson, MS
4:02 AM	58 mph	Near 31.92, -91.24, LA
6:05 AM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:10 AM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:12 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:30 AM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:45 AM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA

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