Louisiana storm reports for May 5, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 5, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on May 5, 2020.

in Louisiana; 10
Storm reports: About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 25 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 1
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 5, 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

Hail6, most at 9 PM

Wind3, most at 9 PM

Tornado1, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:45 PM	EF1	About 25 miles from Lake Charles, LA	13.56 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
9:48 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:48 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Lake Charles, LA
10:10 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:33 PM	1.25 in	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:04 PM	1.0 in	In Lafayette, LA
11:20 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lafayette, LA	1.75 in	None	0

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

Time	Gust	Where
9:14 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:27 PM	58 mph	About 43 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:48 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Lake Charles, LA