Louisiana storm reports for May 11, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 11, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 3 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on May 11, 2021.

in Louisiana; 5
Storm reports: About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA; 0.88 in
Largest hail: About 11 miles from New Orleans, LA; 62 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 13 miles from New Orleans, 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 May 11, 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 7 AM

Wind3, most at 11 PM

Tornado1, 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
2:05 AM	EF0	About 13 miles from New Orleans, LA	5.32 mi long, 125 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
New Orleans, LA	None	62 mph	1

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

Time	Gust	Where
11:50 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:00 AM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Lafayette, LA
2:09 AM	62 mph	About 11 miles from New Orleans, LA