Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Mar 15, 2002, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 2002, 2:45 PM CST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, MS

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
213 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OSYKA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE FERNWOOD AND MAGNOLIA AREAS BY 230 
  PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3131 9033 3107 9027 3093 9048 3104 9061

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 11:25 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1125 AM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

UPDATED ZONES MAINLY TO REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING BUT ALSO TWEAKED
TEMPERATURES JUST A TAD IN LIGHT OF MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY AROUND 80
IN LA AND LOWER 70S ALONG THE MS COAST.

12Z ANAYSIS SHOWS WELL ESTABLISHED DEEP FETCH ONSHORE FLOW WITH
DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE SPRING NORM RANGE. SEA FOG INDICATED OFF THE
MOUTH OF THE RIVER AND EASTWARD TO ADVECT INLAND LATER THIS EVENING.
SEA BREEZE LIKELY TO DIMINISH CLOUD COVER A BIT IN SOME AREAS BUT
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO PERSIST REST OF THE DAY.

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1107 AM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

.SYNOPSIS...MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN MOISTURE ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR
TONIGHT.

.DENSE FOG...
SEA FOG LINGERING OFF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AND BECOME DENSE. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.ACTIONS...NONE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX
(ALL LOWER CASE).

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.