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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 29, 2008Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Plaquemines Parish, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 10:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

LAZ061-062-292215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MOVING ACROSS
KENNER AND METAIRIE...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
NEAR KENNER AND METAIRIE...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  METAIRIE THROUGH 440 PM
  NEW ORLEANS BY 515 PM

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
433 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008

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

0428 PM     HAIL             METAIRIE                30.00N 90.18W
06/29/2008  E0.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGE THAN A
            PEA.

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:11 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:13 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		65 min
Jun 28, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Jun 28, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		25 min
Jun 29, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		67 min
Jun 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Jun 29, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Jun 29, 4:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans	85 min
Jun 29, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	36 min
Jun 29, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche	29 min
Jun 29, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	53 min

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Sources

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