Louisiana storm reports for April 12, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 12, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 21 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 12, 2020.

in Louisiana; 43
Storm reports: Near 32.33, -92.22, LA; 1.25 in
Largest hail: About 23 miles from Shreveport, LA; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 32.47, -92.17, LA; 14
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 12, 2020 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

Hail8, most at 8 AM

Wind21, most at 8 PM

Tornado14, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:41 AM	EF2	About 22 miles from Shreveport, LA	9.05 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:52 AM	EF1	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.43 mi long, 125 yd wide
9:57 AM	EF1	About 25 miles from Shreveport, LA	6.65 mi long, 300 yd wide
10:10 AM	EF1	About 24 miles from Shreveport, LA	6.13 mi long, 1000 yd wide
10:30 AM	EF1	About 45 miles from Shreveport, LA	1.62 mi long, 400 yd wide
10:39 AM	EF1	About 50 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.77 mi long, 75 yd wide
11:36 AM	EF3	Near 32.47, -92.17, LA	8.01 mi long, 300 yd wide
11:39 AM	EF3	Near 32.62, -92.10, LA	2.6 mi long, 400 yd wide
11:46 AM	EF1	Near 32.65, -92.03, LA	1.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:02 PM	EF1	Near 32.68, -91.82, LA	3.03 mi long, 200 yd wide
12:10 PM	EF2	Near 32.65, -91.65, LA	9.52 mi long, 700 yd wide
12:11 PM	EF1	Near 32.56, -91.58, LA	4.65 mi long, 150 yd wide
12:11 PM	EF1	Near 32.60, -91.62, LA	7.46 mi long, 700 yd wide
12:41 PM	EF0	Near 32.79, -91.18, LA	1.16 mi long, 170 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:20 AM	1.25 in	Near 32.33, -92.22, LA
8:29 AM	1.0 in	Near 32.45, -92.11, LA
8:30 AM	0.75 in	Near 32.47, -92.04, LA
12:53 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:41 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.05, -91.82, LA
8:16 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:32 PM	1.25 in	About 40 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.78, -91.79, LA

Time	Gust	Where
9:52 AM	64 mph	About 7 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:05 AM	85 mph	About 21 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:09 AM	90 mph	About 23 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:19 AM	75 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:07 AM	75 mph	Near 32.58, -92.47, LA
11:46 AM	69 mph	Near 32.52, -92.03, LA
11:46 AM	81 mph	Near 32.57, -91.98, LA
12:01 PM	58 mph	Near 32.48, -91.75, LA
12:01 PM	58 mph	Near 32.70, -91.74, LA
12:27 PM	58 mph	Near 32.46, -91.49, LA
4:51 PM	58 mph	Near 32.60, -91.48, LA
5:10 PM	58 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS

Show all 21 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:55 PM	64 mph	Near 32.80, -92.34, LA
8:08 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:10 PM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:12 PM	64 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:21 PM	58 mph	Near 32.92, -91.89, LA
8:23 PM	64 mph	About 8 miles from Shreveport, LA
8:27 PM	58 mph	Near 32.75, -91.90, LA
8:37 PM	70 mph	About 14 miles from Shreveport, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	Near 32.48, -91.76, 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	0.75 in	70 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.