Louisiana storm reports for April 28, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 28, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 36 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 28, 2020.

in Louisiana; 41
Storm reports: About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 44 miles from Slidell, LA; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 23 miles from New Orleans, LA; 2
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 28, 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

Hail3, most at 1 AM

Wind36, most at 1 AM

Tornado2, 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
5:29 PM	EF0	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	2.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:48 PM	EF1	About 23 miles from New Orleans, LA	6.95 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
10:00 AM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
10:05 AM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:35 PM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lake Charles, LA
3:15 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:04 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:37 PM	66 mph	About 40 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:42 PM	90 mph	About 44 miles from Slidell, LA
7:45 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:02 PM	60 mph	About 56 miles from New Orleans, LA
9:00 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from New Orleans, LA
9:05 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA

Show all 36 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:45 AM	64 mph	About 35 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:01 AM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:01 AM	70 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:10 AM	70 mph	About 37 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:13 AM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:15 AM	64 mph	About 2 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:16 AM	64 mph	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:26 AM	64 mph	Near 32.84, -92.40, LA
1:40 AM	64 mph	Near 32.72, -92.22, LA
1:40 AM	70 mph	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:42 AM	64 mph	Near 32.72, -92.23, LA
1:44 AM	70 mph	Near 32.54, -92.36, LA
1:45 AM	64 mph	Near 32.51, -92.37, LA
1:57 AM	64 mph	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
1:59 AM	70 mph	About 43 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:28 AM	60 mph	Near 31.77, -93.10, LA
3:05 AM	58 mph	Near 31.26, -93.34, LA
4:18 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:28 AM	61 mph	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:30 AM	58 mph	In Lake Charles, LA
4:30 AM	58 mph	In Lake Charles, LA
4:40 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:45 AM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:55 AM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Shreveport, LA	1.0 in	64 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	61 mph
New Orleans, LA	None	60 mph

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

Time	Size	Where
12:38 AM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:20 AM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:22 AM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Shreveport, LA