Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1150 AM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER ASCENSION..EAST BATON
ROUGE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES...

AT 1145 AM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BATON ROUGE..PLAQUEMINE
AND DONALDSONVILLE LOUISIANA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY
NORTH..HOWEVER DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME TRACK..
FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES LIKELY.

THE STRONG TUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1245 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING ACROSS THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN
AREA...

AT 1240 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BATON ROUGE..PLAQUEMINE
AND ST. FRANCISVILLE LOUISIANA AND FROM DONALDSONVILLE TO GREENSBURG
LOUISIANA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST.

STRONG TUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WITH HEAVY R[AIN AND HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
145 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS AVOYELLES
AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES...

AT 140 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PORT BARRE AND SIMMESPORT
LOUISIANA WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING INBETWEEN.  THE TUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
335 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

..LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..

A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTH SHORE OF
LAKE PONTHCARTRAIN BETWEEN SLIDELL AND COVINGTON NORTHWARD OVER
BOGALUSA AND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JUST WEST OF HATTIESBURG AND
LAUREL. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
THIBODAUX.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDED IN WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM THE COAST NEAR HOUMA AND EXTENDED NORTH
BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND SLIDELL AND INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
435 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

..LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..

A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTH SHORE OF
LAKE PONTHCARTRAIN BETWEEN SLIDELL AND COVINGTON NORTHWARD OVER
BOGALUSA AND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JUST WEST OF HATTIESBURG AND
LAUREL. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
THIBODAUX.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDED IN WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM THE COAST NEAR HOUMA AND EXTENDED NORTH
BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND SLIDELL AND INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM OPELOUSAS
LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
240 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986

ABOUR 1230 PM CST A SMALL TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN
WEST OF FRANKLINTON IN WASHINGTON PARISH. SOME WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
A SHOP AND A FEW CARS. LIMBS DOWN. IN FRANKLINTON APPARENT STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS BLEW DOWN SOME SIGNS AND LIMBS. ALSO A CAR STOPPED AT
A RED LIGHT WAS PICKED UP AND TURNED AROUND. NO KNOWN INJURIES AT
THIS TIME.