Louisiana storm reports for December 13, 2020

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

NOAA recorded 6 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on December 13, 2020.

in Louisiana; 7
Storm reports: Near 31.33, -92.55, LA; 62 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 43 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1
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

Wind6, most at 6 PM

Tornado1, 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

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
7:30 PM	58 mph	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	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.