Louisiana storm reports for January 24, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, January 24, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Louisiana on January 24, 2023.

in Louisiana; 13
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 64 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 14 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 6
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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 January 24, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Wind7, most at 5 PM

Tornado6, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:44 PM	EF1	About 26 miles from Lake Charles, LA	1.39 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:05 PM	EF2	About 14 miles from Lake Charles, LA	12.43 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:12 PM	EF1	About 18 miles from Lake Charles, LA	6.47 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:37 PM	EF1	About 24 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.15 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:01 PM	EF1	About 53 miles from New Orleans, LA	2.99 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:55 PM	Not rated	About 25 miles from New Orleans, LA	2.91 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:11 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:23 PM	59 mph	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:27 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:35 PM	63 mph	About 25 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:47 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:52 PM	64 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:18 PM	60 mph	About 27 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
Baton Rouge, LA	None	64 mph	0
Lake Charles, LA	None	59 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.