Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS New Orleans, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...COR TO TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1255 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED BETWEEN
VERMILLION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS AND THE NEW ORLEANS AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

IN ADDITION THESE THUNDERSTORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF SMALL HAIL. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG INLAND LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS
AREA ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.

MOTORISTS IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
ALERT FOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND OVERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH HIGH WATER.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT
CiOVERED MOST OF EASTERN LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED BETWEEN
VERMILLION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

IN ADDITION THESE THUNDERSTORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF SMALL HAIL. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG INLAND LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS
ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.

MOTORISTS IN THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
ALERT FOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND OVERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH HIGH WATER.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN THUNDERSTORMS CLUSTERS
SOUTHWEST OF THIBODAUX...AND BETWEEN HOUMA AND WEST LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED
MOST OF EASTERN LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
205 AM CDT MON DEC 2 1990

1215AM CST  SCHRIEVER...TERREBONE PARISH. TWO MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED BY
            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. REPORT FROM TERREBONE PARISH
            SHERIFFS OFFICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
220 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE  MOVING ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
HOUMA...MORGAN CITY AND LAFAYETTE NORTHWARD ACROSS BATON ROUGE...DENHAM
SPRINGS AND OPELOUSAS CONTINUING TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA...NATCHEZ MS AND
MC COMB MS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

AS THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL.  THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION
AND NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.
.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS ENTERING
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BATON ROUGE
AREA SOMETIME AFTER NOON TODAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
245 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
NORTHEAST OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

THE AREA BETWEEN MORGAN CITY...WATERPROOF...AND THIBODAUX CONTINUES TO
BE ESPECIALLY HARD HIT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA HAS DUMPED
COPIUS AMOUNTY OF RAINFALL...AND LOCAL FLOODING IS BECOMING A PROBLEM.
PUBLIC REPORTS ARE INDICATING WATER IN HOMES NEAR SCHRIEVER AND IN
NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH
ON RISING BAYOUS AND WATERWAYS.

IN ADDITION THESE THUNDERSTORMS AREA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF SMALL HAIL. MARINE INTEREST ALONG INLAND LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND ROUGH SEAS.

MOTORISTS ACROSS THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT FOR FLOODING OF
STREETS...HIGHWAYS...AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
HIGH WATER.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED
MOST OF EASTERN LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
330 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING EAST
AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LAKE CHARLES NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA
CONTINUING TO NEAR VICKSBURG MS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

AS THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
SMALL HAIL.  THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION
AND NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.  FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MAY OCCUR FOR BRIEF PERIODS OVER PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT JUST
MOVED THROUGH SHREVEPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR.  THIS COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE BATON ROUGE AREA NEAR NOON TODAY ENDING MOST OF THE
RAIN.