Louisiana storm reports for May 13, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 13, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 30 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 13, 2024.

in Louisiana; 42
Storm reports: About 2 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: In Lafayette, LA; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 10
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 May 13, 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 6 PM

Wind30, most at 7 PM

Tornado10, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:41 PM	EF2	About 9 miles from Lake Charles, LA	3.44 mi long, 200 yd wide
4:45 PM	EF1	About 5 miles from Lake Charles, LA	6.47 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:22 PM	EF2	About 13 miles from Lafayette, LA	8.61 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:34 PM	Not rated	About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA	3.64 mi long, 1 yd wide
6:35 PM	Not rated	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA	4.18 mi long, 1 yd wide
6:37 PM	Not rated	About 26 miles from Lafayette, LA	0.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:39 PM	EF0	About 27 miles from Lafayette, LA	6.56 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:43 PM	EF0	About 26 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	0.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:54 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	1.79 mi long, 120 yd wide
7:23 PM	EF1	About 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	3.28 mi long, 150 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:34 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:46 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:47 PM	75 mph	About 3 miles from Lake Charles, LA
4:49 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:33 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:49 PM	69 mph	About 21 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:52 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
5:59 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:03 PM	58 mph	About 2 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:07 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:10 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:11 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA

Show all 30 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:15 PM	81 mph	In Lafayette, LA
6:19 PM	79 mph	About 2 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:26 PM	74 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
6:56 PM	70 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
6:56 PM	81 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:01 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:03 PM	70 mph	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:03 PM	81 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:05 PM	63 mph	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:06 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:10 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:11 PM	81 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:14 PM	70 mph	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:15 PM	70 mph	About 7 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:18 PM	81 mph	About 12 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:23 PM	70 mph	About 24 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
8:44 PM	63 mph	About 6 miles from New Orleans, LA
8:59 PM	70 mph	About 15 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	1.0 in	81 mph	1
Lafayette, LA	None	81 mph	1
Lake Charles, LA	None	75 mph	2
New Orleans, LA	None	63 mph	0
Slidell, LA	None	70 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
6:21 PM	0.75 in	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:11 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Baton Rouge, LA