Tornado Warning 119, NWS New Orleans, LA

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WWUS54 KLIX 030012
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
712 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

LAC125-030021-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0119.000000T0000Z-080903T0015Z/
WEST FELICIANA LA-
711 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS WEAKENING AS IT ENTERED 
SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3100 9145 3100 9125 3100 9124 3100 9120
      3076 9134 3083 9152 3085 9152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 204DEG 29KT 3108 9129

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
357 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV
CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER NW AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROGRESSIVELY FEWER RAINBANDS THAT WILL TEND
TO BECOME MORE MODERATE AS THEY ROTATE AROUND THE DECAYING GUSTAV.
UPPER AIR AND SURFACE OBSERVATION DATA TODAY SHOWS DEEP WATER VAPOR
AVAILABILITY WITH LOWER TROPOSPHERIC CONVERGENCE WITH UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC DIVERGENCE. THE RETURN TO NORMAL WILL BE LABORED...BUT
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE A DIMINISHING THREAT IN THE SHORT TERM.
RADAR REFLECTIVITY SHOWS THE MERIDIONALLY ORIENTED BAND FROM THIS
MORNING DRIFTING WEST UPDRAFTS ALONG IT SHOWING LOWER AVERAGE
ROTATING THAN THIS MORNING. SURFACE TO 1.5 KM VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
WILL FALL OFF AS 0-1.5 KM HELICITY VALUES DROP FROM 350 M2/S2 AS OF
THIS MORNING...LOOKING LIKE BELOW 100 BY MIDNIGHT. JACKSON SOUNDING
DATA SHOWS THE AIRMASS STILL SATURATED AND LAPSE RATE MOIST
ADIABATIC. THE 12Z SOUNDING INDICATES CAPE IS DISTRIBUTED FURTHER UP
THAN BEFORE AND THAT PEAK BUOYANCY IS ABOUT +5 OR 6 CELSIUS DEGREES.

FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LESS OF A THREAT SINCE THE MERIDIONALLY
ORIENTED RAINBANDS LIFT OUT. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
AREA THROUGH 7 PM AND EXTEND INTO TONIGHT BASED ONLY ON OBSERVED
TRENDS. REGIONALLY MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE IS PROJECTED TO BE
SMALL OR NEGATIVE PER GFS...RUC...NAM..AND WRF. WE WILL CARRY HIGH POP
VALUES FOR MOST OF TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT SINCE WE REMAIN ON THE
VERY MOIST AND DYNAMICALLY FAVORED REGION FOR BANDED STRUCTURES ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THIS SLOWLY DECAYING TROPICAL CYCLONE.

THE RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COASTAL
PARISHES INTO THIS EVENING SINCE THE ONSHORE FLOW IS SLOWING THE
EGRESS OF FLOODWATER SEAWARD. TIDE GAGE DATA THIS AFTERNOON
INDICATES TIDES STILL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET AT MANY LOCATIONS.
TERREBONNE PARISH WAS SHOWING A BELOW NORMAL TIDE WITH THE REST BEING
ABOVE NORMAL...SO TERREBONNE WOULD LIKELY O BE FIRST TO RETURN TO
NORMAL. WE REISSUED THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TO LAST UNTIL ONLY 10
PM. THIS WILL ENSURE THE WATER LEVEL HAS HAD TIME TO NORMALIZE UNTIL
ONSHORE WIND DROPS BELOW 20 KNOTS.

/77 DALY (MOB FOR LIX)

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...NO CHANGES. REMNANTS
OF GUSTAV WILL LIFT NORTHWEST THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ARKLATEX
THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. GFS/ECMWF ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH THE
LATEST TPC/HPC FORECAST ON WHAT WILL LIKELY BE THE TRACK OF THE
REMNANTS OF GUSTAV...AND BOTH TAKE AN AXIS OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND
DETACHED RAIN BAND EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. WHILE THE EVOLUTION
OF THIS TYPE OF THING IS HARD TO PIN DOWN...IT IS PRUDENT TO KEEP
AT LEAST CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK GIVEN PLENTY
OF MOISTURE LINGERING ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...AND
THE SUBSIDENCE REGION ON THE PERIPHERY OF HANNA WILL REMAIN WELL
OUT TO THE EAST AS THAT HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO MORE LIKELY
THREATEN THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...PERIODIC IFR CONDITIONS ALONG BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AT KMCB...KBTR AND KMSY THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH LESS COVERAGES AND MORE PREVALENT MVFR/VFR
CONDITIONS AT KGPT.

/12 SHEPHERD (MOB FOR LIX)

&&

.MARINE...CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE LAKES AND GULF
COASTAL WATERS...AND SEAS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM 10 TO 15
FEET SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TO 5 TO 7 FT.
BEYOND TODAY...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE LIGHTER AT 10 TO
15 KNOTS THROUGH LATE WEEK.

/77 DALY (MOB FOR LIX)

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  73  82  73  86 /  90  90  80  60
BTR  75  84  75  86 /  90  80  80  60
MSY  79  85  79  87 /  80  70  80  50
GPT  78  83  78  86 /  70  60  60  50

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 10 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LIVINGSTON...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER
     LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER
     TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JOHN THE
     BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...UPPER
     JEFFERSON...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...AND UPPER ST. BERNARD.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST
     FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER
     JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST.
     BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...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...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON
     ROUGE...AND WEST FELICIANA.

GM...NONE.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
     RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON.

     COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 10 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HANCOCK...HARRISON...AND JACKSON.

GM...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
615 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
080>082-030000-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-
EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-
IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-
ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
615 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH TONIGHT.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI TODAY.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES...WITH HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED AT TIMES.  LOCALIZED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 3 TO 6 HOUR
TIME-FRAMES...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY BANDS OF RAIN SET UP AND
PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN AN
INCREASE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FLOODING OF RIVERS MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY GIVEN THE
INCREASED RISK OF FLOODING AND TORNADOES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
511 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0510 PM     TORNADO          WESTWEGO                29.90N 90.14W
09/02/2008                   JEFFERSON          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED OF A TOUCHDOWN IN CENTRAL WESTWEGO.
            UNCONFIRMED AT THIS TIME.

&&

RRICKS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
541 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0535 PM     TORNADO          METAIRIE                30.00N 90.18W
09/02/2008                   JEFFERSON          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO MOVED INTO METAIRIE FROM MARRERO REPORTED FROM
            VOIP NET

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
551 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0232 PM     TORNADO          ABITA SPRINGS           30.48N 90.03W
09/02/2008                   ST. TAMMANY        LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE SURVEY REPORTS DAMAGE TO THREE WAREHOUSES
            ALONG HIGHWAY 36 NEAR ABITA BEER BREWERY.

0548 PM     TORNADO          MARRERO                 29.89N 90.11W
09/02/2008                   JEFFERSON          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES BEING REPORTED IN MARRERO FROM
            EARLIER TORNADO.

&&

RRICKS

LAZ040-030030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
624 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORNADIC WATERSPOUT MOVING ACROSS LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...HEADING TOWARDS ST TAMMANY PARISH...

AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF MANDEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ROTATION WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. IF
ROTATION PERSISTS AS IT MOVES TOWARDS SHORE...A TORNADO WARNING WILL
BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF ST TAMMANY PARISH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANDEVILLE BY 645 PM...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LACOMBE BY 650 PM...
  ABITA SPRINGS BY 705 PM...
  BUSH BY 725 PM...
  SUN BY 730 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

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.

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LAZ040-061>064-030030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
634 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...LINE OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH
   AND EAST AFFECTING ST. BERNARD PARISH...JEFFERSON
   PARISH...ORLEANS PARISH...ST. TAMMANY PARISH...PLAQUEMINES
   PARISH...

AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MANDEVILLE TO NEW ORLEANS TO 8 MILES EAST OF CUT OFF...MOVING
NORTH AT 16 MPH. THIS LINE WAS ALSO SLOWLY ADVANCING EAST INTO NEW
ORLEANS.

THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TROPICAL TORNADOES...TYPICALLY SMALL BUT VIOLENT ROTATIONS. MOST OF
THE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING AND THUNDER IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MADISONVILLE BY 650 PM...
  COVINGTON BY 710 PM...
  LAFITTE AND MANDEVILLE BY 720 PM...
  BRIDGE CITY...BARATARIA...AVONDALE AND ABITA SPRINGS BY 730 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

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.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
640 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

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

0535 PM     TORNADO          WESTWEGO                29.90N 90.14W
09/02/2008                   JEFFERSON          LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN...MINOR TO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES.
            ROOFS TAKEN OFF.WELL-CONSTRUCTED BRICK BUILDINGS
            DESTROYED INCLUDING MULTI-STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX...CAR
            WASH...AND RESTAURANT. SPOTTER N0DRC.

&&

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