Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS New Orleans, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1000 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO BRING POPS UP TO THE 60 TO 70 PERCENT RANGE AND
TO INCREASE SEVERE WORDING TO HIT IT A LITTLE HARDER. SQUALL LINE
MOVING INTO -8 LI AIR OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TRIGGERED BY VORT
MAXES ROTATING UNDER LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW SITUATED OVER THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

RICKS INDEX SHOWS WIND GUSTS OF 34 TO 44 KT AND PEA SIZED HAIL
THREAT BUT THIS MAY BE CONSERVATIVE BASED ON A 337K LIFT. VERY HIGH
PW WILL ALSO PROVIDE LOCALIZED FLOOD THREAT.

.NEW...NONE
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
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LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
630 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

...SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE COOL
ENOUGH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BEING HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS
SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-281200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

...SYNOPSIS...
VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AROUND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WHICH IS SITUATED
OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S.

...THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME
THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WITH ASSOCIATED SMALL HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ISOLATED
BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND STREAM.

ACTIONS...LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS
SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).