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Wind Advisory 11, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2011, 4:20 AM CDT for Saint Bernard Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2011, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
Counties Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WWUS74 KLIX 170920 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 420 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY ... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND PICK UP. STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE TRANSPORTED DOWN THANKS TO DESCENDING MOTION CAUSED BY THE COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHSHORE SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAND AREAS RIGHT AT THE INTERFACE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LAZ058-060>064-070-171730- /O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...YSCLOSKEY 420 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME MAJOR ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
8 follow-up statements
277 WWUS74 KLIX 170956 CCA NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 455 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY ... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND PICK UP. STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE TRANSPORTED DOWN THANKS TO DESCENDING MOTION CAUSED BY THE COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHSHORE SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAND AREAS RIGHT AT THE INTERFACE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. LAZ058-060>064-070-171815- /O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...YSCLOSKEY 455 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME MAJOR ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAB
865 WWUS74 KLIX 171606 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1106 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY ... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND PICK UP. STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE TRANSPORTED DOWN THANKS TO DESCENDING MOTION CAUSED BY THE COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAND AREAS RIGHT AT THE INTERFACE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. LAZ066>069-180015- /O.EXA.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE 1106 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ALONG THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LAZ058-060>064-070-180015- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...YSCLOSKEY 1106 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME MAJOR ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
527 WWUS74 KLIX 172027 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 327 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY ... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND PICK UP. STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE TRANSPORTED DOWN THANKS TO DESCENDING MOTION CAUSED BY THE COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAND AREAS RIGHT AT THE INTERFACE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-180430- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 327 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ALONG THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
312 WWUS74 KLIX 180259 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 959 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY ... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND PICK UP. STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE TRANSPORTED DOWN THANKS TO DESCENDING MOTION CAUSED BY THE COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHSHORE AND COASTAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAND AREAS RIGHT AT THE INTERFACE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-181100- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 959 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING ON TUESDAY * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ALONG THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
143 WWUS74 KLIX 180844 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 344 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.. .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-182130- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 344 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF LOUISIANA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
036 WWUS74 KLIX 181655 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1155 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.. .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-190100- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0600Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 1155 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF LOUISIANA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
597 WWUS74 KLIX 182038 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 338 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.. .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-190445- /O.EXT.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.111018T2100Z-111019T0800Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 338 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...THESE WINDS WILL BE CROSS WINDS ACROSS SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF LOUISIANA AND COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
502 WWUS74 KLIX 190331 NPWLIX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1031 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND INTO THE GULF...BRINGING STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE GULF SOUTH. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL 3 AM CDT SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL LOUISIANA. LAZ058-060>064-066>070-190800- /O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111019T0800Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...DESTREHAN...NORCO... METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE... VIOLET...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY 1031 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE TIDAL LAKES AND ALSO ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... * EVENT...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...HIGH CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT SOME ELEVATED HIGHWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE ORIENTED EAST TO WEST. THESE HIGH CROSS WINDS COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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 Oct 17, 4:06 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 4:06 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
406 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE SERN CONUS WITH LOW
PRESSURE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER WRN TX. A BNDRY IS NOW SITUATED
FROM THE DEVELOPING LOW ACROSS OK AND CONNECTING TO A WEAK COLD FRONT
THAT IS DRAPED ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND INTO THE DELMARVA REGION. A
FLAT RIDGE WAS ACROSS THE BAJA...OLD MEXICO AND INTO THE WRN GULF
WITH ZONAL FLOW OVER THE REGION. SKIES REMAIN CLEAR OVER THE AREA
AND TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. /CAB/
&&
.SHORT TERM...FCST RUNNING ABOUT AS EXPECTED WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES.
TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE MORNING BUT LL
MOISTURE IS SLOWLY RETURNING SO LOOK FOR MORNING LOWS TO BE WARMER
THAN YESTERDAY. THE DOMINATING FEATURES OF THE FCST WILL BE THE S/W
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE SFC LOW
DEVELOPING OVER THE TX PANHANDLE.
TODAY AND THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT...THE MID LVLS WILL AMPLIFY WITH A
RIDGE OVER THE PAC COAST AND A SHARPENING L/W TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL
AND ERN CONUS. AS THE S/W MOVES THROUGH THE DEEP NW FLOW AND
APPROACHES THE PLAINS THE SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/DEEPEN
OVER THE SRN PLAINS. OVERNIGHT THE SFC LOW WILL PUSH ACROSS AR AND
INTO THE TN VALLEY TOMORROW MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME A VERY COLD
AIRMASS...ORIGINATING FROM NCNTRL CANADA...WILL WORK SOUTH ACROSS
THE PLAINS. THIS AIRMASS WILL BRING THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON
INTO THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LOOK FOR
VERY WARM TEMPS TODAY. H925 TEMPS OF 21-23C ARE EXPECTED AND THIS
SHOULD LEAD TO HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS LIKELY
TOPPING OUT AT 90. OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT IS TAKING SHAPE IT
WILL MOVE INTO LA AND SHOULD BE ON OUR DOORSTEP AROUND SUNRISE. LL
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE AND WINDS SHOULD INCREASE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS WELL AND THIS WILL LEAD TO LOWS BEING ANOTHER 5
DEGREES OR SO WARMER THAN THIS MORNINGS.
TOMORROW AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION ISLTD SHRA WILL BE
POSSIBLE BUT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY. DEEP MOISTURE
IS VERY LIMITED AND ONLY BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT
AND RAPIDLY FALLING HGHTS WILL WE BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT OF A FEW
SHRA. THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE
FEATURES TO CAUSE IT TO MOVE AT A RATHER FAST CLIP. ONE IS THE
DEEPENING L/W TROUGH AND STRONG NW FLOW ALOFT...SECOND IS THE SFC
LOW MOVING ACROSS TN...AND THE THIRD FEATURE THAT WILL HELP TO PULL
IT SOUTH IS A DEVELOPING SFC LOW IN THE GULF. THIS LOW WILL HAVE SOME
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BUT THE ONLY ISSUES IT WILL CAUSE ON OUR
CWA WILL BE TO HELP TO PULL THE FRONT THROUGH EVEN FASTER ALONG WITH
SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS OVER OUR COASTAL ZONES. BY 18Z THE COLD FRONT
SHOULD BE THROUGH THE NWRN HALF/3RD OF THE CWA AND WELL INTO THE
GULF BY 00Z. BEHIND THE FRONT LOOK FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS.
AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY...STRONG CAA IN THE LL...MINOR SFC PRESSURE
RISES...AND UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS FROM THE SFC TO H85 WILL ALLOW FOR
VERY GOOD MIXING. MDLS ARE STILL INDICATING WINDS OF 30-40KTS AT
H925 AND THESE SHOULD HAVE LITTLE DIFFICULTY BEING TRANSPORTED TO
THE SFC AS GUSTS. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHSHORE AND
EVEN NUMERICAL GUI VALUES WHICH USUALLY UNDERESTIMATE THE WIND
SPEEDS ARE INDICATING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH AT LEAST ALONG
THE SOUTHSHORE TOMORROW EVN. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL REQUIRE
THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADV AND WILL GO AHEAD AND GET ONE OUT FOR THE
TIME FRAME AND AREA MENTIONED EARLIER. AS FOR TEMPS NOTHING HAS
CHANGED IN THE THINKING. HIGHS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING
HRS ACROSS THE FAR NW...SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY ALONG THE
NORTHSHORE...AND DURING THE EARLY AFTN ACROSS THE SOUTHSHORE AND
COASTAL MS. HIGHS WILL BE A GOOD 5-10 DEGREES AND IN SOME PLACES
ALMOST 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAYS HIGHS.
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT SO FAR THIS SEASON BUT THAT
WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY WED NIGHTS LOWS. TUE NIGHT WILL NOT BE A
RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT IT WILL BE AN ADVECTION PROCESS. STRONG
CAA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH H85 TEMPS TEMPS OF 17C 12Z
TUE DROPPING TO 3C 12Z WED. EVEN THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED
THROUGH THE NIGHT THE CAA WILL OVERCOME ANY MIXING ISSUES AND LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 40S TO MID 50S.
WEDNESDAY...THIS WILL BE A RATHER COLD DAY. BY 00Z THU H925 TEMPS OF
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9-10C WITH H85 TEMPS OF 3-5C. THESE WOULD
SUGGEST HIGHS STRUGGLING TO GET MUCH WARMER THAN THE LOWER 60S BUT
GIVEN IT IS STILL OCT 19TH WITH OVER 11 HRS OF UNIMPEDED SUNLIGHT IT
WILL BE HARD NOT GETTING INTO THE MID 60S. THAT SAID THIS IS STILL
GOING TO LEAD TO AFTN HIGHS BEING ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION. /CAB/
.LONG TERM...OVERALL THE CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN THE MEDIUM RANGE MDLS CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THEY ALL
CONTINUE TO SHOW BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS AND SEE NO
REASON TO DISAGREE WITH THEM. WITH THAT CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH IN
THE FCST AND WILL ONLY MAKE VERY SMALL ADJUSTMENTS FROM PREVIOUS
FCST/LATEST MEX VALUES.
WED NIGHT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA(A FEW ISLTD
LOCATIONS SUCH AS ASD...PQL...AND GPT WHERE DRAINAGE CAN COME INTO
PLAY MAY BE COOLER THU NIGHT). BROAD HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE ENTIRE MS VALLEY REGION. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT CNTRD OVER THE
AREA IT IS A VERY BROAD AND ELONGATED RIDGE. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE
RATHER GOOD RAD COOLING CONDITIONS JUST NOT OPTIMAL. DEWPOINTS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE 30S ACROSS JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE CWA. WINDS WILL BE
VERY LGT AT THE SFC BUT JUST ABV THE SFC WINDS COULD BE AROUND 10
MAYBE EVEN 15 KTS AND THIS WILL HURT OUR RAD COOLING POTENTIAL. THAT
SAID LOWS STILL LOOK LIKE THEY WILL DROP INTO UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE SOUTHSHORE WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM MID
40S TO NEAR 50.
OVERALL THU THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE WEATHER WILL BE QUIET WITH
TEMPS SLOWLY MODERATING. AFTN HIGHS ON THU WILL BE ONLY A DEGREE OR
TWO WARMER THAN WED THEN LOOK FOR HIGHS BACK IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S
FOR FRI AND SAT AND MAYBE BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON SUN. AS
FOR MORNING LOWS...THESE WILL MODERATE MUCH MORE SLOWLY. THU NIGHT
AND FRI NIGHT WILL STILL BE A GOOD 10 DEGREES OR MORE BELOW NORMAL.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH FURTHER SOUTH PROVIDING SLIGHTLY BETTER RAD
COOLING CONDITIONS AND WITH LL MOISTURE NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER FOR
SOME TIME WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COOL NICELY. THE AREAS THAT COULD SEE
COLDER MORNING LOWS FRI MORNING WILL BE LOCATIONS ALONG THE PEARL
RIVER AND PASCAGOULA DRAINAGE AREAS. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
FCST AFTER TUE. /CAB/
&&
.AVIATION...
GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS AGAIN FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THERE WILL BE
LOCALIZED REDUCED VISIBILITIES PRODUCING MVFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS...MOST LIKELY AT KHUM AND KHSA FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE
SUNRISE. THIS SHOULD MIX OUT RATHER QUICKLY. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW 10 KNOTS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. INCREASES IN CLOUD COVER
AND WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS ON TUESDAY...AND SHOULD START BEING REFLECTED IN
TERMINAL FORECASTS WITH THE MIDDAY FCST ON MONDAY.
MEFFER
&&
.MARINE...
LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS SLOWLY
BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED. PRESSURE HASN/T DROPPED MUCH AND LIKELY
WONT AT A RAPID PACE EVEN IF THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS INTO A TROPICAL
CYCLONE. HOWEVER...PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THAT LOW AND AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL KEEP WINDS ELEVATED MAINLY IN OFFSHORE
WATERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. RIGHT NOW EXPECTING SMALL CRAFT
EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH WINDS 15
TO 20 KTS AND/OR SEAS 6 TO 7 FEET.
THERE WILL ONLY BE A BRIEF SLIGHT LULL IN WIND SPEEDS LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...THEN THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH THE MARINE
AREA TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ABOVE 20 KNOTS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND THEN GALE FORCE WINDS
ARE LIKELY AT LEAST IN FREQUENT GUSTS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND IN AT
LEAST OCCASIONAL GUSTS ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE EASTERN WATERS. GIVEN
THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR AND STRENGTH OF THE GFS MOS WINDS...IT
APPEARS A GALE WATCH IS NEEDED AND WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL COASTAL
AND LAKE WATERS WITH THIS FCST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE MUCH OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN WINDS WILL
FALL OFF TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS ON THURSDAY.
MEFFER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 88 58 74 42 / 0 10 20 10
BTR 90 61 79 46 / 0 10 10 10
ASD 89 58 83 46 / 0 10 10 10
MSY 86 65 84 52 / 0 10 10 10
GPT 86 61 85 49 / 0 10 10 10
PQL 88 58 88 50 / 0 10 20 10
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 1 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LOWER ST. BERNARD...ORLEANS...ST.
CHARLES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER
PLAQUEMINES...AND UPPER ST. BERNARD.
GM...GALE WATCH FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL
WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL
WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO
60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
MS...NONE.
GM...GALE WATCH FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BRETON SOUND...CHANDELEUR SOUND...COASTAL
WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL
WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM
STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO
60 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM...LAKE
BORGNE...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS...AND
MISSISSIPPI SOUND.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM: CAB
AVIATION/MARINE: MEFFERHazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 5:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 530 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037- 039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-171800- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA- 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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 530 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THIS COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN SPEED. THIS COULD LEAD TO WIND ISSUES OVER BOTH THE LAND AND MARINE AREAS. OVER THE LAND ZONES...WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND POSSIBLY HIGHER WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE SOUTH SHORE AND COASTAL AREAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER THE MARINE ZONES...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. GALE FORCE GUSTS COULD BE FREQUENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A GALE WATCH TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING FOR THE TIME FRAME OF TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:29 AM CDT | Gale Watch | LIX | 17 hr | |
| Oct 17, 10:29 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | LIX | 20 hr |
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