Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jul 7, 2002, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Pearl River 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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WUUS54 KLIX 072224
SVRNEW
MSC045-047-109-072330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
523 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
  LOUIS
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LONG BEACH...GULFPORT   
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCNEIL TO
  16 MILES EAST OF LYMAN...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE
  TO 8 MILES NORTH OF ST. MARTIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   LYMAN AT 545 PM CDT
   MCNEIL AT 550 PM CDT
   GULFPORT AT 555 PM CDT
   LONG BEACH AT 605 PM CDT
   PICAYUNE...KILN AT 615 PM CDT
   DIAMONDHEAD AT 620 PM CDT

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 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 3025 8944 3031 8960 3064 8980 3084 8948
          3079 8933 3065 8934 3068 8903 3056 8875
          3036 8908 3031 8928 3035 8927 3038 8931
          3031 8931

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
330 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

RADAR IS GETTING BUSY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVING ALREADY
REACHED STRONG TO SEVERE THRESHOLDS. SURFACE CONVERGENCE HAS
INCREASED ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTH MS NEAR A SURFACE
TROUGH...AND OVER AREAS FROM NEAR MORGAN CITY TO THIBODAUX...ALONG
THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LAKE BREEZE. MAY HAVE TO ISSUE AFTERNOON
PACKAGE WITH A /REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON/ PERIOD IF CONVECTION
BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AND SEVERE. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM
AREAS...HEAT HAS BECOME A PROBLEM WITH HEAT INDICES GENERALLY IN THE
100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOSTLY DIE OFF BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ON MONDAY...
AN INVERTED MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVING WEST ACROSS THE GULF WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WIND
FIELDS ALOFT AND WEAKER PVA SHOULD KEEP SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MORE
ISOLATED THAN TODAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM REACHING
THE LOWER 90S...BUT SCATTERED CONVECTION COULD GET STARTED A LITTLE
EARLIER. WILL BE MONITORING ANY POTENTIAL TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...BUT THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON
WEATHER ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AS IT WILL LIKELY MOVE WEST
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST MEXICAN OR SOUTH TEXAS COAST.

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE NORTH
WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE EASTERLIES OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE
A SIMILAR PATTERN WITH SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER LAND AND
LATE NIGHT AND MORNING CONVECTION OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL. ANOTHER WEAK
SURFACE BOUNDARY MAY SAG SOUTH NEAR THE SOUTHWEST MS ZONES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY AS ANOTHER DEEP UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
U.S.

MCB 73/92/72/91/73 24242   BTR 73/91/73/90/73 24242
MSY 76/91/75/90/76 14242   GPT 74/89/73/89/74 14242

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

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

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