A pretty typical summertime convective setup was in place with a cold front decaying as it reached southern Louisiana and Mississippi while daytime highs were in the mid to upper 90s. Robust updrafts were abundant from high low level moisture, very warm surface temperatures and low level lift from the stalling frontal boundary.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
A pretty typical summertime convective setup was in place with a cold front decaying as it reached southern Louisiana and Mississippi while daytime highs were in the mid to upper 90s. Robust updrafts were abundant from high low level moisture, very warm surface temperatures and low level lift from the stalling frontal boundary. The resultant thunderstorms produced severe hail and damaging wind gusts. 2 homes were also damaged by lightning strikes.
The Hammond radar (KHDC), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local broadcast media news story showed that a tree fell onto a house and car on Shadybrook Drive near Sherwood Forest Boulevard after being struck by lightning. No reports of injuries. Time was estimated by a combination of radar and lightning data.
Public report of quarter sized hail at the Sherwood Forest exit on I-12. Time estimated from radar due to delay of the report.
Broadcast relayed photo of uprooted tree at or near Perkins Road Community Park in Baton Rouge from thunderstorm winds. Time estimated from radar.
A photo from broadcast media showed a downed tree from a thunderstorm in Jefferson Highlands off of Bluebonnet and Jefferson. Time estimated from radar.
The Central Fire Department posted a picture on social media showing home on fire caused by a lightning strike in Central on Bryce Canyon Drive. Time estimated by radar.
Photos relayed via broadcast media of tree damage in the Sherwood Forest subdivision from thunderstorm winds.
A public MPING report of 1 inch hail.
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