Louisiana storm reports for May 6, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Louisiana, May 6, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 27 hail reports, 35 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Louisiana on May 6, 2025.

in Louisiana; 64
Storm reports: About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: Near 32.42, -92.27, LA; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 16 miles from Shreveport, LA; 2
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
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 6, 2025 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

Hail27, most at 11 AM

Wind35, most at 5 PM

Tornado2, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:26 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA	12.69 mi long, 810 yd wide
3:54 PM	EF0	About 21 miles from Shreveport, LA	2.28 mi long, 340 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:07 AM	1.75 in	About 22 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:09 AM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:13 AM	1.5 in	About 17 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:28 AM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:40 AM	1.75 in	About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:42 AM	1.5 in	About 20 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:42 AM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Lafayette, LA
11:59 AM	1.25 in	About 4 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:35 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Lafayette, LA
12:55 PM	1.25 in	About 26 miles from Shreveport, LA
1:44 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
1:55 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Shreveport, LA

Show all 27 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:16 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
2:44 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:30 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
3:45 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:53 PM	1.5 in	About 25 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
4:36 PM	1.0 in	Near 32.77, -91.74, LA
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:33 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:34 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
5:39 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
7:14 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:53 PM	1.25 in	About 13 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:30 PM	1.25 in	About 35 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:35 PM	1.0 in	About 33 miles from Baton Rouge, LA
9:40 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Baton Rouge, LA

Time	Gust	Where
3:12 PM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:20 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:44 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Shreveport, LA
3:54 PM	64 mph	About 30 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:11 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:22 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:25 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:28 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:32 PM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Shreveport, LA
4:33 PM	70 mph	Near 32.38, -92.33, LA
4:40 PM	60 mph	Near 32.38, -92.21, LA
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Lake Charles, LA

Show all 35 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:05 PM	96 mph	Near 32.42, -92.27, LA
5:10 PM	70 mph	Near 32.35, -92.40, LA
5:15 PM	60 mph	Near 32.65, -92.40, LA
5:17 PM	60 mph	Near 32.64, -92.36, LA
5:20 PM	60 mph	Near 32.60, -92.30, LA
5:20 PM	60 mph	Near 32.42, -92.29, LA
5:24 PM	70 mph	Near 32.34, -92.20, LA
5:30 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:30 PM	64 mph	Near 32.52, -92.12, LA
5:30 PM	70 mph	Near 32.53, -92.18, LA
5:31 PM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Lake Charles, LA
5:32 PM	60 mph	Near 32.93, -92.66, LA
5:32 PM	64 mph	Near 32.46, -92.06, LA
5:35 PM	64 mph	Near 32.41, -92.03, LA
5:37 PM	63 mph	Near 32.39, -91.98, LA
5:38 PM	60 mph	Near 32.79, -92.34, LA
6:10 PM	12 mph	About 38 miles from Lake Charles, LA
7:10 PM	60 mph	Near 31.53, -92.23, LA
7:17 PM	58 mph	Near 31.35, -92.13, LA
7:20 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:18 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Lafayette, LA
8:45 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Lake Charles, LA
8:46 PM	58 mph	About 55 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
Baton Rouge, LA	1.25 in	None
Lafayette, LA	1.25 in	58 mph
Shreveport, LA	1.0 in	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.