Louisiana storm reports for April 7, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 7, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 11 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 7, 2021.

in Louisiana; 27
Storm reports: About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 32.99, -92.67, LA; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 20 miles from Shreveport, LA; 15
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 April 7, 2021 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

Hail1, most at 2 PM

Wind11, most at 4 PM

Tornado15, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:33 PM	EF1	About 20 miles from Shreveport, LA	0.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:35 PM	EF1	About 27 miles from Shreveport, LA	13.25 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:48 PM	EF0	Near 32.55, -92.40, LA	2.81 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:30 PM	EF1	Near 32.80, -91.95, LA	8.16 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:06 PM	EF1	Near 32.92, -91.57, LA	2.69 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:16 PM	EF1	Near 32.97, -91.42, LA	9.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:13 PM	EF1	Near 31.13, -92.37, LA	0.88 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:52 PM	EF1	Near 31.08, -92.05, LA	1.79 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:16 PM	EF1	Near 31.10, -91.87, LA	3.42 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:18 AM	EF0	About 20 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.97 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:26 AM	EF0	About 26 miles from Slidell, LA	1.4 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:45 AM	EF0	About 16 miles from Slidell, LA	1.75 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:51 AM	EF0	About 10 miles from Slidell, LA	6.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:00 AM	EF1	About 22 miles from New Orleans, LA	2.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:24 AM	Not rated	About 23 miles from New Orleans, LA	0.85 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:00 PM	64 mph	About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:47 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:48 PM	81 mph	Near 32.99, -92.66, LA
4:48 PM	85 mph	Near 32.99, -92.67, LA
6:41 PM	58 mph	Near 31.12, -93.41, LA
7:02 PM	60 mph	Near 32.74, -92.30, LA
9:52 PM	58 mph	Near 31.11, -92.06, LA
2:29 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Slidell, LA
2:30 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Slidell, LA
2:30 AM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Slidell, LA
2:33 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Slidell, 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	None	64 mph	0
Slidell, LA	None	None	1

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