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Wind Advisory 4, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 1, 20108 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2010, 3:55 PM CST for 8 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 1, 2010, 5:45 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2010, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2010, 5:45 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2010, 3:43 AM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA

Counties Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

972 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
355 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS THE LOW MOVES
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA. 

LAZ038-040-056>070-MSZ080>082-020600-
/O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.100302T0300Z-100302T1600Z/
TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-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-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...
PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
355 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREE
LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED IN
ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

&&

$$

95/DM
4 follow-up statements
523 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
545 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS THE
LOW MOVES NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE AREA.

LAZ036-037-039-048>050-MSZ069>071-077-020745-
/O.EXB.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.100301T2345Z-100302T1600Z/
EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-WASHINGTON-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...
MONTPELIER...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE
545 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

&&

$$

LAZ038-040-056>070-MSZ080>082-020745-
/O.EXT.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.100301T2345Z-100302T1600Z/
TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-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-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...
PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
545 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY.

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

&&

$$
183 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
714 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS THE
LOW MOVES NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA.

LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ077-080>082-020915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.HW.W.0002.100302T0114Z-100302T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...METAIRIE...KENNER...
NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...
EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...
DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...
MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
714 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 
10 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 AM
CST TUESDAY.

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AS WELL AS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 40
MPH AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM THIS
EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY 9 PM...STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WHEN A WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

LAZ036>038-048>050-056>060-065>067-MSZ069>071-020915-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...
MONTPELIER...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...
TYLERTOWN
714 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

&&

$$
897 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
928 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS THE
MOVES EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT
PARTS OF THE AREA.

LAZ040-061>064-068>070-MSZ077-080>082-021130-
/O.EXP.KLIX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100302T0300Z/
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...
CHALMETTE...VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
ST. MARTIN
928 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ039-020430-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
/O.EXP.KLIX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100302T0300Z/
WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON
928 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

LAZ036>038-048>050-056>059-065>067-MSZ069>071-020430-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-
LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...
MONTPELIER...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...
CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...
GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN
928 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

LAZ060-021130-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
ST. CHARLES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DESTREHAN...NORCO
928 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS. LOOSE HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO
FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED
IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

&&

$$
451 
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
343 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.THE STRONGER WINDS OVERNIGHT HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS
BUT SOME OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR THIS
MORNING. 

LAZ040-060>064-068>070-MSZ077-080>082-021045-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100302T1600Z/
ST. TAMMANY-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...
LACOMBE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...
BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...
YSCLOSKEY...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...
GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...
GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
343 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. SOME WIND GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ABATING AFTER SUNSET. 

$$

24/RR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Mar 1, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
126 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

.UPDATE...
QUICK UPDATE TO BRING WINDS UP A LITTLE FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY
FORECAST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE
AND GULF WATERS EAST OF THE RIVER. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE GULF WATERS WEST OF THE RIVER. PLEASE
SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AND LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER MWWLIX...FOR MORE DETAILS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1230 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010/

..GALE WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY...

UPDATE...
AREAS NOT EXPERIENCING RAIN THIS MORNING...SOUTH AND EAST OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...HAD AMPLE SUN THROUGH HIGH CLOUDS TO ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE THE FORECAST VALUES. CLOUDS AND RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND POCKETS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE ALREADY SHOWING UP WEST OF MCCOMB AND
NORTH/WEST OF BATON ROUGE. RAIN INITIALLY IS FALLING THROUGH DRY
AIR /AS REFLECTED IN THE LIX 12Z SOUNDING/...BUT AFTER AN HOUR OR
SO IS SATURATING THE LOW AND MID LEVELS ENOUGH TO MEASURE AT THE
GROUND. OTHER THAN TEMPERATURE CHANGES...THE GRIDS ON LAND DID NOT
NEED MANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME. MAY HAVE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT WINDS
RIGHT NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS THE
COASTAL MARSHLANDS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS
MAY GET ABOVE 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. MAY HAVE TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS WITH
THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE. REFER TO THE MARINE SECTION FOR
INFORMATION ON THE NOW EXPECTED GALE CONDITIONS. 22/TD

AVIATION...
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...CIGS WILL DROP AND
MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS BY MID AFTERNOON...
WITH AT LEAST TEMPORARY PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING AS WIDESPREAD RAIN AFFECTS ALL TERMINALS. EXPECT REDUCED
VISIBILITY DUE TO SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD
BEGIN IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. 95/DM

MARINE...
MARINE MOS GUIDANCE AND A MEASUREMENT OF THE 4 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT/
GEOSTROPHIC WIND CALCULATIONS ALL SHOW GALE CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING...POSSIBLY IN GUSTS THIS EVENING...AND EITHER SUSTAINED
OR IN FREQUENT GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
IN FACT...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE GUSTS APPROACHING STORM
FORCE /50 KNOTS/ FOR A FEW HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTER
COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF A VERY TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT AND OPTIMAL STRONG DOWNWARD TRANSPORT OF STRONG
WINDS AS THE DEEP MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH NOT MENTIONED IN THE
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF ABOUT 29 DEGREES
NORTH LATITUDE COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE WIND
GUSTS...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 50 KNOTS ESPECIALLY OVER THE WATERS
BEYOND 20 NMI FROM SHORE...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. OVERALL...IT WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR
SMALL CRAFT TO VENTURE OUT...AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO HAZARDOUS FOR
MEDIUM SIZE CRAFT. 22/TD

CLIMATE...
THE CLIMATE SECTION OF OUR WEB PAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THE
RANKINGS OF COLD MEAN TEMPERATURES IN FEBRUARY...AND THE VERY WET
WINTER SEASON. GO TO CLIMATE - LOCAL/ LOCAL DATA/RECORDS/ ANNUAL
SEASONAL ALL-TIME AND MONTHLY TOP 10 CLIMATE TABLES FOR THIS
INFORMATION. ALSO...A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATMENT WAS ISSUED AT
1107 AM TITLED /WINTER 2010 IN REVIEW/.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 AM CST MON MAR 1 2010/

SHORT TERM...
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPEARS TO BE MATERIALIZING ALONG THE LOWER
TX COAST IN RECENT SURFACE ANALYSIS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE TRANS-PECOS OF WEST TX AND SURFACE LOW
REFLECTION NEAR HOBBS NM. MEANWHILE...MODERATING HIGH PRESSURE
OVER SE U.S. PROVIDING SOME DRAINAGE INTO LOCAL AREA WITH MARINE
LAYER AIR POISED JUST OFF THE COAST. AS GULF LOW MATURES THIS
MORNING MOISTURE SHOULD INCREASE STEADILY FOR INCREASED CLOUD
COVER. LARGE EXPANSE OF SHOWERS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT RAINFALL
EXTENDING FROM NEAR KCRP INTO TX PANHANDLE AND SPREADING TOWARDS
LA. RAINFALL LIKELY TO ONSET SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY AND BECOMING
WIDESPREAD STEADY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
TRACK...TIMING AND INTENSITY OF SYSTEM MOVING ALONG LA COAST
TONIGHT...CONTINUING EAST INTO FL TUESDAY. DESPITE COLD RAIN
EXPECTATIONS...IT DOES APPEAR THE COLUMN WILL BE JUST WARM ENOUGH
TO FORGO ANY TYPE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST AREA.
FORECAST CHANGED VERY LITTLE FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGES IN THE SHORT
TERM.

AS FAR AS CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FOR TODAY...SPC HAS PLACED THE AREA
NEAR THE COAST AND SOUTH OF THE TIDAL LAKES IN A 5% RISK FOR HAIL
AND HIGH WINDS IN THE EVENT BETTER SURFACE BASED AIR CAN ADVANCE
NORTHWARD ENOUGH BEFORE THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE MS RIVER DELTA.
RISK SEEMS BETTER OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF SURFACE WARM
FRONT BUT THIS BOUNDARY MAY ADVANCE INTO THE COASTAL MARSHES
BRIEFLY. CURRENTLY...THE LIGHTNING NETWORK IS NOT DETECTING ANY
STRIKES WITH THE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER TX.

LONG TERM...
GFS SHOWS A LENGTHY STRETCH OF FAIR WEATHER WITH A CONTINUATION OF
COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLOW WARMING TREND THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND. THE ECMWF SHOWS SIMILAR BUT DIFFERS AT THE END WITH
MORE TROUGHING TO PORTEND A WETTER SOLUTION FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WHEREAS THE GFS SHOWS PERSISTENT RIDGING ALOFT AND HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. AT THIS TIME...JUST A TEMPERATURE
FORECAST FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AVIATION...
CURRENT SET OF TAFS APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES THIS MORNING...EXPECT CIGS TO BEGIN LOWERING...WITH MVFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT KBTR AND KMSY BY LATE MORNING. CONDITIONS
WILL LOWER TO IFR BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AT ALL TERMINALS WITH
THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF KGPT...WHERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER THAN KMSY. WITH CURRENT TRACK OF SURFACE
LOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFF THE LOUISIANA COAST...WILL NOT CARRY
THUNDER IN ANY OF THE TAFS. AS LOW CENTER MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA...NORTH WINDS WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR. EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO
IMPROVE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...AND CIGS SHOULD BEGIN TO
IMPROVE TO AT LEAST MVFR BEFORE 12Z TUESDAY. 35

MARINE...
MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN BRINGING WELL DEVELOPED UPPER TROUGH
ACROSS REGION IN NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH ATTENDANT STRENGTHENING
SURFACE LOW MOVING FROM WESTERN GULF TO NEAR THE SW PASS MONDAY
EVENING. STRONG SE FLOW OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL
DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW. CONFIDENCE HIGH IN STRENGTHENING SE
FLOW. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BEGINNING AT 6AM FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MS
RIVER...ALTHOUGH THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE A FEW HOURS TOO FAST. WILL
BRING UP EXERCISE CAUTION FOR THE AFTERNOON FOR THE TIDAL LAKES.
ADVISORY WILL KICK IN AT 21Z FOR COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE MS
RIVER...AND AT 00Z FOR THE LAKES.

AS SURFACE LOW PASSES EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT...STRONG NORTHERLY
FLOW DEVELOPS IN ITS WAKE. AT THIS POINT KEEPING WINDS IN THE 25 TO
30 KNOT RANGE...SIMILAR TO 00Z NAM FORECAST. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS FOR POTENTIAL SHORT PERIOD OF GALE CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING TUESDAY MORNING AS COLD ADVECTION AND DEEP TROUGHING
ALLOWS SUBSTANTIAL MIXING TO SURFACE. SEAS OFFSHORE WILL RAPIDLY
BUILD TODAY AND SEAS TO 10 FEET IN THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS LIKELY
BY EARLY TUESDAY IN THE STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW. WIND AND SEAS
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS SURFACE GRADIENT RELAXES AND SURFACE RIDGE
BEGINS TO DOMINATE. ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP NEXT WEEKEND
AHEAD OF THE NEXT SURFACE LOW. 35

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  52  37  48  31 / 100 100  20   0
BTR  55  38  50  32 / 100  80  20   0
ASD  61  39  51  32 / 100  90  20   0
MSY  60  41  51  35 / 100  80  20   0
GPT  62  41  50  34 /  90  90  30  10
PQL  63  42  50  32 /  80  90  30  10

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.

MS...NONE.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY 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.

     GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY 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.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO
     THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...AND
     COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
     RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE
     SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60
     NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
     MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO
     60 NM.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
210 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
080>082-022015-
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-
210 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN THREATS...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NEAR
THE COAST. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO
MARBLE SIZED HAIL. NEAR THE LOUISIANA COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS...A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM STORMS
THROUGH TONIGHT.

STRONG WINDS...
AS THE LOW MOVES PAST THE AREA...STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST AND NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 25 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS SITUATION IS
BEING MONITORED AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE
TONIGHT.

MARINE HAZARDS...
A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS. FOR THE GULF
WATERS...THE ADVISORIES WILL BE REPLACED BY GALE WARNINGS AT
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT DUE TO EXPECTED FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE GALE FORCE.
OVER THE TIDAL LAKES...THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT. ROUGH WATERS AND SEAS OF UP TO 12 FEET CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER GULF WATERS. CONDITIONS
WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE CRAFT OVER ALL
INLAND AND OFFSHORE WATERWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY...
ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL AREAS AND NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH MAY BE
POSSIBLE. THIS SITUATION IS BEING MONITORED AND A WIND ADVISORY
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TUESDAY MORNING.

MARINE HAZARDS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ON THE TIDAL LAKES
THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH OCCASIONAL GALE
FORCE GUSTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
ADDITIONALLY...GALE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH
TUESDAY ON THE GULF WATERS. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS WILL
CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL TO
MEDIUM SIZE CRAFT. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
TIME FRAME.

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

95/DM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:49 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LAZ038>040-MSZ071-077-012030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
149 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING SMALL HAIL MOVING NORTHEAST AFFECTING
WASHINGTON PARISH...TANGIPAHOA PARISH...WALTHALL COUNTY...PEARL
RIVER COUNTY...ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

AT 147 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLINTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF WILMER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MOUNT
HERMAN...ENON...FRANKLINTON...BOGALUSA...DEXTER...CROSSROADS...
VARNADO AND ANGIE

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND PEA
TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

95/DM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 9:56 AM CSTGale WarningLIX18 hr
Mar 1, 1:25 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX38 hr
Mar 1, 5:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX23 min

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