Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
520 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM CST FOR AVOYELLES...
CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES...

RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ALEXANDRIA AND
MARKSVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO HARRISONBURG AND FERRIDAY.  MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STREET FLO@ODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.  PEOPLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
535 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR IBERIA AND UPPER
ST MARTIN PARISHES INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM LAFAYETTE TO THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND BOOTHVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO NEAR
BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
LOCALLY HEARY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE
NORQTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND THE
IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES
IN THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THEIR LOCATIONS.

LAZ006-008-009-011300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
630 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM FOR PEOPLE IN
AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES IN EAST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
FROM THE VIDALIA/NATCHEZ AREA...SOUTHWEST ACROSS CATAHOULA PARISH
...ACROSS ALEXANDRIA TO NEAR DE RIDDER.  THIS LINE SHOWED LITTLE
MOVEMENT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ALONG THE
LINE.

ELSEWHERE LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF LOUISIANA...EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PART.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE BATON
ROUGE METRO AREA...CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES
AND LOW LYING AREAS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND BE ALERT TO
DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

MOTORIST ARE URGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION
THIS MORNING.

LAZ006-008-009-011405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
710 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PEOPLE IN ALL OF
EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
FROM NEAR EUNICE...SOUTH TO THE COAST.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN AVOYELLES AND ST. LANDRY
PARISHES WITHIN THE HALF HOUR.

A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS
CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS ALEXANDRIA.
THIS LINE SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVINT RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE.

ELSEWHERE...LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF LOUISIANA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE BATON ROUGE
METRO AREA...CAN EXPECT THE HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS
...LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

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 B
E ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
735 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NORTH ACROSS
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO NEAR COVINGTON. THEY WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST ABOUT,
40 MILES AN HOUR.  BOATERS ON LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONGER WINDS AND HIGHER WAVES NEAR THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAZ006-008-009-011500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
750 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PEOPLE IN ALL OF
EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA...

RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
FROM NEAR SIMMESPORT...SOUTH NEAR MELVILLE AND KROTZ SPRINGS...
CONTINUING SOUTH TO THE COAST.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 40
MPH AND WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN CONCORDIA...WEST FELICIANA...POINTE
COUPEE...WEST BATON ROUGE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES WITHIN THE HALF HOUR
AND TO EAST FELICIANA...EAST BATON ROUGE AND ASCENSION PARISHES WITHIN
THE HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...LARGE AREAS OF RAIN AND SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST
OF LOUISIANA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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IN ADDITION TO THE POSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER...PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE BATON ROUGE METRO
AREA...CAN EXPECT THE HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS...
LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

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