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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 23, 2004

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special marine warning at Feb 23, 2004, 1:06 PM CST. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2004, 1:06 PM CST (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2004, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Feb 23, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1000 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-241100-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1000 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH...SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WARM FRONT...EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH AND BECOMIE
STATIONARY TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING DISTURBANCES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND INTERACT WITH
MOISTURE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30
MPH.

.RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ON THE LOWER
PEARL RIVER AND ON THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. REFER TO
THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD
BE THE MAIN THREAT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE LOWER PEARL
AND ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS. ADDITION RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
ADDITIONAL RIVERS AS WELL. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY
TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS INCREASING
FROM THE NORTH TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 12:50 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1250 PM CST MON FEB 23 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1201 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 20 S GULFPORT           30.10N 89.07W
02/23/2004  43 MPH           XXX                XX   BUOY

            BUOY 42007 MEASURED 36029G37KT.

1135 AM     FLOOD            DESTREHAN               29.96N 90.37W
02/23/2004                   ST. CHARLES        LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MINOR STREET FLOODING PARISHWIDE.

1021 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 1 N LAKEFRONT KNEW ARPT 30.04N 90.04W
02/23/2004  46 MPH           ORLEANS            LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            ASOS MEASURED 35040 KT.

1015 AM     HAIL             2 SW DESTREHAN          29.94N 90.39W
02/23/2004  0.25 INCH        ST. CHARLES        LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

1010 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 12 N METAIRIE           30.17N 90.18W
02/23/2004  48 MPH           XXX                XX   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            MIDLAKE MDLL1 MEASURED 34423G42KT.

0850 AM     HAIL             BATON ROUGE KBTR ARPT   30.53N 91.15W
02/23/2004  0.25 INCH        EAST BATON ROUGE   LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

RICKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 9:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		50 min
Feb 23, 9:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	36 min
Feb 23, 10:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles	36 min
Feb 23, 10:36 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		114 min
Feb 23, 10:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	31 min
Feb 23, 12:22 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		113 min
Feb 23, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	62 min
Feb 23, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	41 min
Feb 23, 3:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Feb 23, 3:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Feb 23, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge	30 min
Feb 23, 5:38 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		82 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Louisiana, 2004 Every special marine warning in 2004

Sources

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