Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1055 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

PREVIOUS FCST STILL ON TRACK AS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SQUALL
LINE IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF SLIDELL'S
CWA. LINE OF MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. MAIN
ENERGY FROM S/W TROF IS BEGINNING TO SWING NEWD ACROSS THE  LOW TO
MID MS VALLEY. AIRMASS WAS FAIRLY CAPPED AROUND 700 MB AT 12Z BUT
SOME COOLING AT MID-LEVELS APPARENTLY MAKING HEADWAY INTO WRN
FRINGES OF THE CWA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL SLY WINDS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAKES FOR WINDY CONDS THROUGH THIS AFTN AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. PACIFIC TYPE FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD OVER THE ENTIRE
REGION BY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING EWD IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMTS UP TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD.

.NEW...SCA PQL-ATCHAFALAYA RVE INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/MAUREPAS
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-292000-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL
   AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM
   CST...

A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THIS LINE MOVES EAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BRIEFLY ATTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE
CONDITIONS BY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES
AND POWERLINES.

DUE TO DROUGHT DAMAGED TREES ACROSS THE AREA...WEAKENED OR DEAD
TREES MAY BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BY WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 60 MPH.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES 3SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM.

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).

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LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-292200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1215 PM CST MON JAN 29 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 11 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CST...

A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF
45 TO 65 MPH AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE
HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE LATE MORNING
HOURS.

DUE TO DROUGHT DAMAGED TREES ACROSS THE AREA...WEAKENED OR DEAD
TREES MAY BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BY WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 60 MPH.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI CDOASTAL
COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM.

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).

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