Louisiana storm reports for September 8, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, September 8, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 21 wind reports in Louisiana on September 8, 2023.

in Louisiana; 21
Storm reports: About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA; 75 mph
Highest gust: 0
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

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on September 8, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. 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

Wind21, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Gust	Where
11:57 AM	58 mph	Near 31.33, -92.68, LA
12:00 PM	58 mph	Near 31.20, -93.12, LA
12:05 PM	58 mph	Near 31.33, -92.42, LA
12:55 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:00 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:04 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:15 PM	69 mph	About 40 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:25 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:30 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Lake Charles, LA
1:53 PM	63 mph	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:53 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Show all 21 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
1:56 PM	75 mph	About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA
1:57 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:01 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:12 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Lafayette, LA
2:22 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
2:23 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
2:35 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
2:50 PM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Baton Rouge, LA	None	60 mph
Lafayette, LA	None	58 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	60 mph

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