Tornado Warning 18, NWS New Orleans, LA

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.
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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.
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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.

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

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

RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST OF
DONALDSONVILLE NORTHEAST TO NEAR AMITE.  ALSO FROM THE COAST SOUTH OF
LAFAYETTE NORTHEAST TO NORTH OF MC COMB MS. AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH-
WEST OF ALEXANDRIA.  THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.  SOME FLOODING HAS OCCURRED OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COULD OCCUR FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME
OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
.
THE THUNDERSzTORMS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS JUST
NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA AT THE PRESENT TIME.  THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BATON ROUGE AREA BY NOON TODAY ENDING MOST OF THE RAIN.

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URBAN FLOOD STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
615 AM CST MON DEC 3 1990

...STREET FLOODING OVER LAFOURCHE...ST CHARLES...JEFFERSON...
   ORLEANS AND ST. TAMMANY PARISHES....

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER
AREAS OVER ST CHARLES AND JEFFERSON PARISHES. NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT RECORDED 4.71 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM WITH 3.44
INCHES FALLING BETWEEN 3AM AND 6AM. THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED CONDSIDERABLE
FLOODING OF STREETS IN ST CHARLES AND EAST JEFFERSON PARISHES ALONG WITH
AREAS OF THIBODAUX IN LAFOURCHE PARISH. IN SLIDELL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RECORDED 2.25 INCHES WHILE AUDUBON PARK IN NEW ORLEANS RECORDED
ONLY ONE INCH OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE METRO AREA
IN THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AGGRAVATING THE STREET
FLOODING OCCURRING IN MANY AREA.  COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW FOR FOR ADDTIONAL
TIME IN TRAVEL TIME TO WORK THIS MORNING.

REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE NEAR CANALS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES.