Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Apr 13, 2000, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)

Expired

Apr 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

096 
WUUS54 KLIX 132146
SVRNEW
MSC047-132230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
444 PM CDT THU APR 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 444 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG BEACH... 
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LYMAN BY 450 PM
  LONG BEACH AROUND 5 PM
  GULFPORT BY 520 PM

AT 441 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT I-10 NEAR THE 
MENGE AVENUE EXIT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NEW ORLEANS.

&

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
300 PM CDT THU APR 13 2000

FRONTAL TROF FROM SE MS S TO THE S TIP OF THE MS DELTA AREA THIS
AFTN WILL DRIFT E TONIGHT AND FRI IN RESPONSE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THE H5 TROF WHICH WAS ALONG THE LA/TX BORDER.  ALL MODELS
CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS TREND THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  MAIN COOLING IS W OF
A LINE FROM KPIB TO KASD TO KMSY WHERE TEMP DIFFERENCES ARE ABOUT 10
DEGS. SOME COOLING INDICATED SE OF THIS LINE TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE
TROUGH CONTS TO THE E. STRONGEST TSTMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND E OF
THIS TROUGH LINE THROUGH TONIGHT.  UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY DRIFT E
ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRI MOVING E OF THE REGION
OVER THE WEEKEND.  NEXT H5 TROUGH WILL MOVE E FROM PACIFIC COAST
INTO THE MS VALLEY BY SUN POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS SAT NIGHT AND SUN AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HAVE RETURNED
TO THE AREA BY THEN. ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE FIRST OF THE WEEK.  WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF
PRECIP MOST SECTIONS TONIGHT AND FRI AND THEN DRY FRI NIGHT AND SAT
AS THE MEAN RH DIMINISHINES OVER THE AREA AND WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES
IN FROM THE NW.

MCB 55/74/55/81 2210    BTR 56/75/57/81 2210
MSY 59/75/59/81 3310    BIX 63/74/63/78 4311

.NEW...NONE
LA...NONE
MS...NONE.

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