Louisiana storm reports for April 9, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 9, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports, 20 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 9, 2021.

in Louisiana; 44
Storm reports: Near 32.24, -92.27, LA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: In Baton Rouge, LA; 86 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 32 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 April 9, 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

Hail22, most at 6 PM

Wind20, most at 4 AM

Tornado2, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:26 AM	EF1	About 36 miles from Lafayette, LA	3.64 mi long, 187 yd wide
2:06 AM	EF3	About 32 miles from Lafayette, LA	8.71 mi long, 200 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:13 PM	0.75 in	About 10 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:24 PM	0.88 in	About 12 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:15 PM	1.5 in	Near 32.59, -92.65, LA
5:19 PM	0.75 in	Near 32.57, -92.59, LA
5:25 PM	0.88 in	Near 32.61, -92.51, LA
5:34 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.63, -92.41, LA
6:01 PM	1.25 in	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.61, -92.06, LA
6:09 PM	1.25 in	Near 32.60, -92.09, LA
6:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.54, -92.00, LA
6:21 PM	2.75 in	Near 32.24, -92.27, LA
6:25 PM	1.75 in	Near 32.70, -91.87, LA

Show all 22 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:34 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:45 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:01 PM	2.0 in	Near 32.19, -91.52, LA
7:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.46, -92.29, LA
7:19 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.51, -92.15, LA
7:20 PM	0.88 in	Near 32.50, -92.18, LA
7:25 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Shreveport, LA
7:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.53, -92.07, LA
8:04 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.40, -91.42, LA
5:59 AM	1.25 in	About 11 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Time	Gust	Where
4:47 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:20 PM	58 mph	Near 32.80, -91.90, LA
6:37 PM	62 mph	Near 32.92, -91.68, LA
7:20 PM	58 mph	Near 32.72, -91.18, LA
7:58 PM	64 mph	Near 32.52, -92.15, LA
10:43 PM	64 mph	Near 31.59, -92.14, LA
2:40 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:45 AM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:20 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:40 AM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:55 AM	86 mph	In Baton Rouge, LA
4:05 AM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Show all 20 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:05 AM	86 mph	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:10 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:27 AM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:27 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:35 AM	58 mph	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:49 AM	58 mph	In Baton Rouge, LA
4:51 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Slidell, LA
5:10 AM	58 mph	About 2 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
Lake Charles, LA	1.25 in	None
Shreveport, LA	0.88 in	None
Baton Rouge, LA	None	86 mph
Slidell, LA	None	58 mph

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