Tornado Warning 54, NWS New Orleans, LA

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 041801
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
101 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009

LAC105-041815-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-091004T1815Z/
TANGIPAHOA LA-
101 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH...

AT 1259 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBERT...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
COVINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS NEAR THE ST 
TAMMANY PARISH LINE WHERE HIGHWAY 1077 CROSSES THE PARISH LINE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CRANKY CORNER AT 110 PM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

LAT...LON 3047 9025 3050 9035 3057 9037 3072 9032
      3071 9026 3071 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 199DEG 16KT 3057 9026

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1222 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009

.AVIATION...
CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS WITH SOME ROTATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND ADVANCING TOWARDS SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI. A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED SQUALL LINE WAS CROSSING THE
ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH KBTR AREA AROUND 19Z.
KMSY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PREVAILING -RA WITH EMBEDDED +SHRA OR
+TSRA 18Z THROUGH 21Z WHEN SQUALL BAND FLUSHES THE AREA.
CONVECTIVE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED EVENTUALLY AT KMCB AND KGPT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

NOTE TO AIRMEN...PLEASE ISSUE TIMELY PIREPS IF OBSERVATIONS OF
INCLEMENT CONDITIONS ARE ENCOUNTERED IN FLIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.MARINE...
CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ARE DISPLAYING
ROTATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND WATERSPOUTS ARE HIGHLY CONDUCIVE IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT. SOME OF THE SPOUTS CAN BE LARGE AND HAVE HIGHER
ROTATIONAL VELOCITIES THAN TYPICAL SUMMER SPOUT. A WATERSPOUT WAS
ALREADY SIGHTED ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LATE THIS MORNING. OTHER
CELLS APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND LOWER
BARATARIA BAY MAY CONTAIN SPOUTS. MARINERS ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE ON THE WATER THIS AFTERNOON.

MEANWHILE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH
CONDTIONS ARE MARGINAL. WIND GRADIENT SHOULD TIGHTEN SOME MORE AS
A WEAK SQUALL BAND MOVES STEADILY EAST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON. GRADIENT WILL LIKELY RELAX A BIT AFTER THIS
FEATURES PASSAGE. WILL RE-EVALUATE FOR 430 PM ISSUANCE BUT MAY BE
ABLE TO DROP THE ADVISORY WEST OF THE RIVER AT THAT TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  80  68  82  68 /  90  80  60  30
BTR  81  71  83  72 /  90  70  60  30
MSY  83  76  85  75 /  90  70  60  20
GPT  81  75  83  73 /  90  80  60  20

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 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...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20
     NM.

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 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...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20
     NM.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1057 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009

GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
080>082-051600-
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-
1057 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND
GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS
THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING DUE TO EXPECTED WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS
AS WELL AS A FEW ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING.
WHILE WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ANY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MARINERS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AS MOST STORMS MAY PRODUCE HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS THAN
GENERALLY FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

95/DM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1120 AM CDT SUN OCT 04 2009

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

1111 AM     WATER SPOUT      9 NW NEW ORLEANS ARMSTR 30.07N 90.36W
10/04/2009                   GMZ530             LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            REPORTED IN AUGMENTED KMSY ASOS OBSERVATION.

&&

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