Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1130 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS LOUISIANA...

VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS OVER THE BAYOU STATE TODAY
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHEAST PORTION
INTO THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS.  SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT INTO THIS
MORNING INCLUDING EXCESSIVE RAINS WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
IN SOME SECTIONS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST SECTIONS THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON.  THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE EASTWARD
THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY TONIGHT.

THIS OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED DEEP COLD
TROUGH ALOFT NOW MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH TEXAS.  THIS IS A
VERY DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM AND PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST WARNINGS...WATCHES AND STATEMENTS ISSUED
BY LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.  PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON WITH PORTIONS OF THE STATE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON.

ALSO...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TIDES WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL
ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE
EVENING HOURS ALO@NG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1145 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ASSUMPTION LOWER ST MARTIN ST MARY
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 2 PM CST...

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY NORTHEAST
ACROSS HAMMOND TO BOGALUSA LOUISIANA.

SCATTERED STGRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM JUST EAST OF
VICKSBURG SOUTHWESAT ACROSS ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA INTO EAST TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1215 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 8 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...

RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS
DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR.  HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
WEST OF THE AREA AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUST TO 46
MPH WAS RECORDED AT RYAN AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR.  PEOPLE IN EAST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVnERE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF LOUISIANA
INCLUDING AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...AND ST LANDRY PARISHES...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1245 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ASSUMPTION LOWER ST MARTIN ST MARY
TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THE
THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IBERIA AND ST MARY.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE COASTAL AREA OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

A SOLID LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MONROE LOUISIANA
SOUTH ACROSS ALEXANDRIA TO JENNINGS LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR IBERIA LOWER ST MARTIN UPPER ST MARTIN
ST MARY TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IBERIA AND ST MARY UNTIL 8 PM CST.

A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM VICKSBURG
MISSISSIPPI SOUTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO NATCHEZ AND CONTINUED
SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TO LAFAYETTE TO THE COASTAL WATERS
SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN
SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS THEY
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
205 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 8 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...

RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOUISIANA-
MISSISSIPPI BORDER NORTH OF BATON ROUGE...SOUTHWEST ACROSS EAST AND
WEST FELICIANA PARISHES...INTO POINTE COUPEE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER A
LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS YOUR AREA.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF LOUISIANA
INCLUDING AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...AND ST LANDRY PARISHES...