Louisiana storm reports for May 4, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 4, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 38 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 4, 2021.

in Louisiana; 41
Storm reports: About 9 miles from Shreveport, LA; 0.88 in
Largest hail: About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 53 miles from Jackson, MS; 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 May 4, 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 11 AM

Wind38, most at 12 PM

Tornado2, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:13 PM	EF0	Near 32.35, -91.92, LA	8.55 mi long, 700 yd wide
1:59 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS	17.73 mi long, 600 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
11:07 AM	64 mph	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:26 AM	64 mph	About 18 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:36 AM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:40 AM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:45 AM	64 mph	About 34 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:49 AM	64 mph	About 34 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:57 AM	64 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
11:58 AM	64 mph	Near 31.63, -93.13, LA
12:05 PM	64 mph	About 42 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:05 PM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Shreveport, LA
12:11 PM	70 mph	Near 31.78, -93.11, LA
12:22 PM	58 mph	Near 32.99, -91.78, LA

Show all 38 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
12:25 PM	60 mph	Near 32.77, -92.40, LA
12:28 PM	60 mph	Near 31.72, -92.76, LA
12:30 PM	64 mph	Near 32.50, -92.25, LA
12:30 PM	64 mph	Near 32.50, -92.36, LA
12:35 PM	60 mph	Near 32.23, -92.62, LA
12:44 PM	64 mph	Near 32.02, -92.91, LA
12:45 PM	64 mph	Near 32.32, -92.47, LA
12:47 PM	63 mph	Near 32.89, -91.37, LA
12:52 PM	58 mph	Near 32.98, -91.40, LA
12:55 PM	58 mph	Near 32.99, -91.78, LA
1:01 PM	63 mph	Near 32.80, -91.90, LA
1:05 PM	58 mph	Near 32.78, -91.23, LA
1:05 PM	58 mph	Near 32.87, -91.23, LA
1:11 PM	58 mph	Near 32.62, -91.78, LA
1:15 PM	70 mph	Near 32.03, -92.14, LA
1:21 PM	69 mph	Near 32.41, -91.79, LA
1:22 PM	58 mph	Near 32.48, -91.76, LA
1:25 PM	58 mph	Near 32.74, -91.43, LA
1:35 PM	58 mph	Near 32.28, -91.71, LA
1:38 PM	63 mph	Near 32.13, -91.71, LA
1:38 PM	58 mph	Near 32.80, -91.17, LA
1:40 PM	58 mph	Near 31.96, -91.69, LA
1:40 PM	58 mph	Near 31.68, -91.88, LA
1:53 PM	61 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
2:04 PM	58 mph	Near 31.63, -91.55, LA
2:11 PM	58 mph	Near 31.56, -91.43, 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	0.88 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.