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Louisiana storm reports for December 16, 2019

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Louisiana on December 16, 2019.

in Louisiana
13
Storm reports
Near 31.22, -91.64, LA
1.75 in
Largest hail
Near 31.69, -93.30, LA
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on December 16, 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

Hail2, most at 1 PM

Wind6, most at 1 PM

Tornado5, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:10 AMEF1About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA26.24 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:29 AMEF2About 56 miles from Lake Charles, LA3.56 mi long, 147 yd wide
11:08 AMEF1About 55 miles from Jackson, MS11.7 mi long, 600 yd wide
11:10 AMEF3About 45 miles from Lake Charles, LA62.61 mi long, 550 yd wide
3:42 PMEF1About 52 miles from Slidell, LA4.92 mi long, 75 yd wide

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