Louisiana storm reports for May 16, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 16, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 61 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Louisiana on May 16, 2024.

in Louisiana; 64
Storm reports: About 51 miles from Lake Charles, LA; 0.75 in
Largest hail: About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA; 84 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 29 miles from Baton Rouge, LA; 1
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 16, 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 4 PM

Wind61, most at 9 PM

Tornado1, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:46 PM	EF1	About 29 miles from Baton Rouge, LA	4.83 mi long, 120 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
5:55 PM	58 mph	About 38 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:10 PM	58 mph	About 33 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:53 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Lake Charles, LA
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:12 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:22 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:33 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Lafayette, LA
7:52 PM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:52 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:02 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:54 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:06 PM	58 mph	About 51 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Show all 61 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:15 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:15 PM	62 mph	About 28 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 PM	59 mph	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:24 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:28 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:28 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:29 PM	61 mph	About 13 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 5 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:30 PM	70 mph	About 3 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:30 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:31 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:32 PM	58 mph	In Lafayette, LA
9:33 PM	58 mph	In Lafayette, LA
9:34 PM	64 mph	In Lafayette, LA
9:36 PM	58 mph	In Lafayette, LA
9:37 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:41 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:41 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:46 PM	67 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:47 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:49 PM	69 mph	About 2 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:55 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:56 PM	60 mph	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:56 PM	70 mph	About 3 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:56 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lafayette, LA
9:57 PM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:58 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:00 PM	58 mph	About 13 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:00 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:04 PM	58 mph	About 28 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:04 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:07 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Lafayette, LA
10:10 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:21 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:21 PM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:33 PM	70 mph	About 19 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
10:51 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
11:34 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Slidell, LA
11:35 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Slidell, LA
11:36 PM	84 mph	About 20 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:38 PM	70 mph	About 6 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:45 PM	70 mph	About 18 miles from New Orleans, LA
11:53 PM	82 mph	About 6 miles from New Orleans, LA
12:00 AM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Slidell, LA
12:00 AM	62 mph	About 3 miles from New Orleans, LA
12:01 AM	82 mph	About 6 miles from New Orleans, LA
12:06 AM	72 mph	About 6 miles from New Orleans, LA
1:30 AM	64 mph	Near 29.18, -89.26, LA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust
Lafayette, LA	0.75 in	70 mph
Baton Rouge, LA	None	70 mph
Lake Charles, LA	None	58 mph
New Orleans, LA	None	82 mph
Slidell, 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.

Time	Size	Where
4:10 PM	0.75 in	About 51 miles from Lake Charles, LA
9:25 PM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Lafayette, LA