Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
405 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT CATAHOULA PARISH...

RADARS SHOWED A 25 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
ACME AREA IN SOUTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH SOUTH ACROSS PARTS OF POINTE
COUPEE...AVOYELLES AND INTO ST LANDRY PARISH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IN THE ABOVE
PARISHES DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
520 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR AVOYELLES...CONCORDIA...AND ST
LANDRY PARISHES...THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE
REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

RADARS SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR NATCHEZ SOUTH ACROSS POINTE COUPEE AND IBERVILLE
PARISHES.  THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND
OTHER LOW AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN METROPOLITAN BATON ROUGE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
535 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL
10PM THIS EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM THE COAST SOUTH OF
LAFAYETTE...NORTHEAST ACROSS THE BATON ROUGE AREA TO NEAR FAYETTE
MISSISSIPPI.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
THE ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WAS STILL GENERALLY WEST OF
LA KE MAUREPAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
615 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE AND
SURROUNDING PARISHES UNTIL 10 PM...

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR.

RADAR SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
CLINTON IN EAST FELICIANA PARISH...TO BATON ROUGE CONTINUING
SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST BATON ROUGE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES.  MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.  THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL
CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW AREAS...
ESPECIALLY IN METROPOLITAN BATON ROUGE...FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARAE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
715 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE AND
SURROUNDING PARISHES UNTIL 10 PM...

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR.

RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST FELICIANA...ST HELENA
PARISHES SOUTH INTO EAST BATON ROUGE...LIVINGSTON...IBERVILLE AND
ASCENSION PAEISHES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST
...PRODUCEING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW AREAS FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
730 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA
IBERVILLE...POINTE COUPEE...WEST BATON ROUGE...AND WEST FELICIANA
PARISHES.  THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ASCENSION...ST
HELENA...AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM...

RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ST HELENA PARISH SOUTH INTO
LIVINGSTON AND ASCENSION.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THE HEAVY
RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW AREAS
FOR NEXT FEW HOURS.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF RAIN COVERED
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.