Louisiana storm reports for April 9, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, April 9, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 22 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Louisiana on April 9, 2024.

in Louisiana; 31
Storm reports: About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 57 miles from Jackson, MS; 86 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, in Lake Charles, LA; 7
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 April 9, 2024 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

Hail2, most at 5 AM

Wind22, most at 6 PM

Tornado7, most at 6 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:56 PM	EF0	Near 31.30, -93.60, LA	3.51 mi long, 440 yd wide
6:30 AM	EF1	About 15 miles from Lake Charles, LA	3.11 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:31 AM	EF1	About 13 miles from Lake Charles, LA	3.08 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:38 AM	EF2	In Lake Charles, LA	1.05 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:41 AM	EF1	In Lake Charles, LA	0.13 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:41 AM	EF1	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA	0.83 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:51 AM	EF1	About 17 miles from Lake Charles, LA	6.62 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:41 PM	64 mph	About 23 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:00 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:25 PM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Shreveport, LA
5:30 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Shreveport, LA
6:00 PM	60 mph	Near 32.52, -92.37, LA
6:10 PM	60 mph	Near 32.53, -92.07, LA
6:23 PM	62 mph	Near 32.52, -92.09, LA
6:28 PM	69 mph	Near 32.71, -91.93, LA
6:34 PM	69 mph	Near 32.49, -91.87, LA
6:38 PM	60 mph	Near 32.70, -91.78, LA
6:50 PM	63 mph	Near 32.36, -91.67, LA

Show all 22 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:18 PM	86 mph	About 57 miles from Jackson, MS
8:53 PM	60 mph	Near 31.30, -93.61, LA
11:18 PM	58 mph	About 46 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:20 AM	58 mph	In Lake Charles, LA
6:29 AM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:37 AM	63 mph	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:39 AM	58 mph	In Lake Charles, LA
6:39 AM	58 mph	About 3 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:49 AM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:54 AM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lafayette, LA	0.75 in	None	0
Lake Charles, LA	None	63 mph	5
Shreveport, LA	None	60 mph	0

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

Time	Size	Where
5:52 AM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:25 AM	1.5 in	About 23 miles from Lafayette, LA