Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
940 AM CST SUN MAR 29 1987

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
WATERS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
TERREBONNE BAY AND TIMBALIER BAY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...SOME SMALL HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISISSIPPI AND EXTENDED SOUTH INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
11 AM CST SUN MAR 29 1987

THE TRAVELERS ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 29 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA ACROSS AVOYELLES...ST LANDRY...POINTE COUPEE
...WEST FELICIANA...WEST BATON ROUGE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESS THUNDERSTORM W5ILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE
NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS AND WILL LIKELY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1125 AM CST SUN MAR 29 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA ACROSS AVOYELLES...ST LANDRY...POINTE COUPEE
...WEST FELICIANA...WEST BATON ROUGE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS8 WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE
NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS AND WILL LIKELY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1120 AM CST SUN MAR 29 1987

...STRONG ARCTIC AIRMASS PLUNGING SOUTHEAST INTO THE BAYOU STATE...
...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
   THIS AFTERNOON.

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS BEGINNING TO INVADE THE
NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING. UNSEASONABLY
COLD AIR IS SWEEPING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
ACCOMPANIED BY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS.
TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY TUMBLED INTO THE LOW TO MID 40S IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE
30S DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE ARTIC AIRMASS SURGES SOUTH OVER
THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD PLUNGE TO RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOWS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY OVER
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE.
RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION AGAINST THE UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER.
NURSERY GROWERS SHOULD ALSO MAKE PLANS TO PROTECT THEIR FREEZE-
SENSITIVE PLANTS.  AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS BECOMES ENTRENCHED OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FREEZING
TEMPERATURES MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE EXCEPT THE
IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY
BE A RECORD-BREAKING COLD SNAP FOR MOST OF THE STATE. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE NORTH
MONDAY NIGHT.  AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE NECESARY
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK AND TENDER VEGETATION.
SLEET AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PART
OF LOUISIANA LATER TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND WILL SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WITHIN TEHE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SHOULD BRACE FOR STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGTHNING OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.