Storm reports for December 13, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, December 13, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in 3 states on December 13, 2020.

in 3 states; 18
Storm reports: Near 31.33, -92.55, LA; 62 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 43 miles from Lafayette, LA; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

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 13, 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

Wind16, most at 7 PM

Tornado2, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:35 PM	EF1	About 43 miles from Lafayette, LA	1.07 mi long, 106 yd wide
1:02 AM	EF0	About 14 miles from Birmingham, AL	4.8 mi long, 350 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:22 PM	62 mph	Near 31.33, -92.55, LA
5:45 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:11 PM	58 mph	Near 31.60, -91.83, LA
6:31 PM	58 mph	Near 31.97, -91.40, LA
6:45 PM	58 mph	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:58 PM	58 mph	Near 31.60, -91.37, MS
7:14 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Jackson, MS
7:15 PM	61 mph	About 37 miles from Jackson, MS
7:30 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:35 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Jackson, MS
7:43 PM	58 mph	Near 31.68, -90.93, MS
7:55 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Jackson, MS

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:16 PM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Jackson, MS
10:45 PM	46 mph	Near 31.70, -89.13, MS
1:18 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Birmingham, AL
1:20 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Birmingham, AL

By state

State	Reports	Wind	Tornado
Mississippi	8	8	0
Louisiana	7	6	1
Alabama	3	2	1

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Birmingham, AL	None	58 mph	1
Jackson, MS	None	58 mph	0
Lafayette, LA	None	58 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.