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Small Craft Advisory 16, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 6:59 AM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 6:59 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WHUS74 KLIX 022200 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-030600- /O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.120303T1800Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 400 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SHIFTING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NORTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...3 TO 5 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 6 TO 8 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
777 WHUS74 KLIX 030933 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 333 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-031745- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.120303T1800Z-120304T1500Z/ MISSISSIPPI SOUND-LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 333 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SHIFTING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND NORTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...3 TO 5 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 5 TO 8 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
670 WHUS74 KLIX 031259 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 659 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-032100- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.120303T1259Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 659 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SHIFTING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...3 TO 5 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 5 TO 8 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
697 WHUS74 KLIX 031610 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1010 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GMZ530-040015- /O.EXB.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T0600Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 1010 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WAVES...3 TO 4 FEET...OCCASIONALLY 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-040015- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 1010 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SHIFTING TO NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY MID AFTERNOON...RISING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN EASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...4 TO 7 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 7 TO 9 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 22/TD
403 WHUS74 KLIX 032140 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 340 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-040545- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T1500Z/ MISSISSIPPI SOUND-LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 340 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 KNOT5 OR GREATER TONIGHT. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...4 TO 7 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 7 TO 9 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ530-040545- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T0600Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 340 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. * WAVES...3 TO 4 FEET...OCCASIONALLY NEAR 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 22/TD
873 WHUS74 KLIX 040301 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 901 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ530-040900- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T0900Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 901 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. * WAVES...3 TO 4 FEET...OCCASIONALLY NEAR 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-041115- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 901 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 KNOT5 OR GREATER TONIGHT. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...4 TO 7 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 7 TO 9 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
333 WHUS74 KLIX 040310 CCA MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 909 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ530-040900- /O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T0900Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 909 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. * WAVES...3 TO 4 FEET...OCCASIONALLY NEAR 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-041130- /O.COR.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 909 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER TONIGHT. * SEAS AND WAVES...RISING TO NEAR 4 FEET ON THE TIDAL LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND...4 TO 7 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS...AND 7 TO 9 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
536 WHUS74 KLIX 040924 MWWLIX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 324 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GMZ530-041030- /O.EXP.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T0900Z/ LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- 324 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE EASED TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. $$ GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-041500- /O.CON.KLIX.SC.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120304T1500Z/ 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- 324 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL EASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS BY MID MORNING. * SEAS AND WAVES...GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET BY AFTERNOON ON MISSISSIPPI SOUND...3 TO 5 FEET OVER CHANDELEUR AND BRETON SOUNDS AND THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS. SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS WILL SUBSIDE TO 5 TO 6 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 2, 1:01 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 1:01 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
101 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
.UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS EARLIER TO RAISE THE HIGHS IN SOME AREAS TODAY AND
DELAY THE ONSET OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 18Z
SOUNDING SHOWS THE MID LEVEL CAP AROUND 700 MB HAS WEAKENED
SLIGHTLY...BUT WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MID LEVEL DRY AIR IT WILL BE
HARD TO GET ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION GOING FROM HEATING ALONE
WITHOUT ANY STRONG FORCING FEATURE. OTHER THAN A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN DEEP LAYER WINDS/SPEED SHEAR...THERE IS NO FORCING FEATURE
NOTED THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
THE MODELS HAVE HAD A STRONG SURFACE COOL BIAS AT NIGHT...SO THERE
SHOULD BE A GREATER AMOUNT OF SURFACE INSTABILITY AVAILABLE
TONIGHT THAN INDICATED BY THE MODELS. WITH THIS IN MIND...THE
COMBINATION OF THE PROLONGED GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE STRONG WIND
FIELDS ALOFT AND THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR ORGANIZED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG BOTH A SQUALL LINE AND
INDIVIDUAL CELLS. THE EARLIER THINKING WITH REGARDS TO TIMING AND
LOCATION OF THE HIGHEST SEVERE THREAT...AS DEPICTED IN OUR
GRAPHICASTS...STILL LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. 22/TD
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT MOST TERMINALS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A FEW PLACES MAY STILL SEE PERIODS OF CIGS
AROUND 2500 FT. EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON
DUE TO A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 15 TO
20 KT RANGE AND FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 25 KT. DURING THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE TERMINALS.
HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIME THE CONVECTION USING TEMPO GROUPS...BUT THE
TIMING WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED WITH FUTURE ISSUANCES AND
EVENTUALLY AMENDMENTS IF NECESSARY. FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH ALL OF
THE TERMINALS BY ABOUT 15Z WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH OR
NORTHWEST AND LOW CIGS LIFTING SLOWLY THROUGH THE MORNING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012/
SYNOPSIS...DEEP 995 SFC LOW ALREADY OVER NERN OK WITH COLD FRONT
ALREADY THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE. HIGH PRESSURE WAS STILL NOTED OVER
THE BAHAMAS...FL...AND MUCH OF THE ERN GOM. BROAD L/W TROUGH OVER
THE CNTRL AND WRN CONUS WITH TROUGH AXIS BASICALLY RIGHT OVER THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ZONAL TO WSWRLY FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE SERN CONUS
AND GOM. /CAB/
SHORT TERM...MAIN ISSUE IN THE FORECAST IS THE FIRST 24 HRS. STRONG
SPRING SYSTEM WILL BRING AN OUTBREAK OF SVR WEATHER TO THE DEEP
SOUTH ALONG WITH OH/TN VALLEYS BUT WILL THE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP
FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO IMPACT OUR REGION.
OUR MAIN PLAYER IS ALREADY WELL UNDER WAY FROM A DEVELOPMENT
STANDPOINT. THE TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL WRN CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO
AMPLIFY THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. THE SFC LOW CURRENTLY OVER NERN OK
WAS ALREADY DOWN TO 995MB AND WILL DEEPEN IF NOT BOMB OUT
TODAY/TONIGHT AS IT MOVES TO THE NE TWRDS THE GRT LAKES. MDLS STILL
APPEAR TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM SENDING A STRONG
COLD FRONT QUICKLY THROUGH THE MID AND LOWER MS VALLEYS WITH IT
EITHER ALREADY IN OR RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE CWA BY 6Z. THE
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY WORK THROUGH THE CWA AND
SHOULD BE IN THE GULF BY MID/LATE MORNING SAT. THIS FRONT WILL
BRING SHRA AND TSRA TO MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE CWA BUT THE BEST
CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE NRN HALF. THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE
SCT TSRA THIS AFTN ACROSS THE CWA AS WE HEAT UP AND THE MID LVLS
SLOWLY COOL BUT OVERALL THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE B/T 3Z
AND 18Z SAT. IF A FEW TSRA CAN DEVELOP THIS AFTN WE WILL NEED TO
WATCH THEM CLOSELY AS INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATEST THIS AFTN ALONG
WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR.
AS FOR THE STRONG/SVR RISK...WE ARE RIGHT ON THE FRINGE. SPC DOES
HAVE THE SLIGHT RISK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 10/12 CORRIDOR AND
THIS IS MAILY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HRS. THERE ARE BOTH POSITIVES AND
NEGATIVES TWRDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SVR WEATHER IN OUR AREA. WE
WILL HAVE DECENT INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH AS MLCAPE VALUES COULD
BE AROUND 500-1000J/KG ALONG WITH SHOWALTERS OF -4. THAT SAID MID-
LVL LAPSE RATES ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT POOR...AROUND 6-6.3C/KM. THERE
WILL BE REALLY GOOD DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO PROMOTE ORGANIZED
CONVECTION AS 0-6KM BULK SHEAR WILL APPROACH 60-70KTS AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT. ON THE OTHER HAND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IS NOT WITH
HELICITY VALUES UNIMPRESSIVE. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE SEE IS THAT THE
STRONGEST FORCING WILL REMAIN NORTH INITIALLY AND THEN LAG THE
COLD FRONT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER OUR REGION. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL HAVE
A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT AND INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH...THE LACK
OF MID AND UPPER LVL SUPPORT SHOULD KEEP THINGS TONED DOWN OVER
MOST OF OUR AREA. THE ONE CONCERN IS IF THE COLD FRONT SLOWS DOWN
A TAD OR THE UPPER LVL SUPPORT SPEEDS UP. IF THE COLD FRONT DOESNT
OUTRUN THE SUPPORT THEN THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY
INCREASE OVER OUR REGION.
AT THIS TIME WE ARE THINKING THAT THERE COULD BE A SQUALL LINE OR
BROKEN SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW AREAS ALONG THIS
LINE COULD BOW OUT WITH THE MAIN RISK BEING STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS.
THAT SAID HAIL AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECAILLY IF THE
LINE IS BROKEN. THE BEST AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE
SWRN MS AND THE ADJACENT LA PARISHES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. IT IS THIS AREA THAT WILL HAVE THE BEST
COMBINATION OF MID/UPPER LVL SUPPORT...SHEAR...AND INSTABILITY TO
WORK WITH. ONE BIG PROBLEM WE WILL HAVE IS IF THERE ARE SVR STORMS
IT WILL BE OVERNIGHT WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP...LIKELY FROM
BETWEEN 3Z AND 12Z.
THE COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY PUSH THROUGH AND SHOULD BE IN THE GOM
AROUND 15Z BUT THERE COULD STILL BE A FEW LINGERING LIGHT SHRA
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT BUT LOOK FOR MOST RAIN TO COME TO AN
END AROUND MIDDAY/EARLY AFTN. SAT AFTN/NIGHT COULD BE A TAD BREEZY
WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 20-25MPH AND POSSIBLY AROUND 30 MPH ALONG THE
SOUTHSHORE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. /CAB/
LONG TERM...OVERALL THE MEDIUM RANGE MDLS CONTINUE TO SHOW A QUIET
FCST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK BUT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR
DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE MDLS HANDLE THE NEXT PAC NW SYSTEM. INITIALLY
FCST PROBLEM IS MOSTLY A TEMP ISSUE AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...RAIN COULD START TO RETURN. WILL
STICK CLOSE TO THE LATEST MEX VALUES.
NW FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION SUN AND MON WITH TEMPS NEAR
NORMAL BUT BY MON NIGHT THE NW FLOW WILL BREAK DOWN AND BECOME MORE
ZONAL. AT THE SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REGION AND BY TUE
MORNING WILL BE CNTRD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW
THE REGION TO BEGIN TO MODERATE WND MOISTEN UP.
ENERGY MOVING IN FROM THE PAC NW WILL DIG WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE LATE TUE AND THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN START TO AMPLIFY THE MID
LVLS PUTTING OUR REGION BACK UNDER SWRLY FLOW. THIS COULD BEGIN TO
PROMOTE ISLTD SHRA AND TSRA TO RETURN BY LATE WED BUT MORE SO THU
AND INTO FRI. /CAB/
AVIATION...
AN ELEVATED INVERSION WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AROUND
14Z...ALLOWING FOR CONTINUED LOW CEILINGS AT ALL AREA TERMINALS.
CEILINGS ARE GENERALLY RUNNING AROUND 1000 FEET OR IN THE MVFR
RANGE...EXCEPT AT KGPT WHERE THE INVERSION IS A BIT DEEPER AND
BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER. THIS DEEPER INVERSION
HAS ALLOWED CEILINGS TO FALL TO AROUND 300 FEET...OR LIFR RANGE.
ADDITIONALLY...THE LOWER CEILINGS HAVE CAUSED VISIBILITIES TO FALL
TO AROUND 1 MILE THIS MORNING. INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
THE PLAINS CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND EJECT INTO THE MIDWEST. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WELL MIXED BY 18Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
AT ALL TERMINALS. THESE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AROUND
03Z. AFTER 03Z...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE
TERMINALS. KMCB AND KBTR WILL BE AFFECTED FIRST...WITH SOME LOWER
CLOUDS AND SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
SOUTH AND EAST FAIRLY RAPIDLY...WITH IMPACTS EXPECTED AT KGPT AND
KHSA AROUND 09Z. OVERALL...SOME IFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. 32
MARINE...
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY...AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
THE REGION TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW MOVING
THROUGH THE MIDWEST. EXERCISE CAUTION FLAGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR
FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED 15 TO 20 KNOT WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS.
THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS INTO THE NORTHEAST...A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION OVER THE WARMER
WATERS WILL ALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS OF 25 KNOTS TO EASILY MIX
DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER OVER THE OUTER GULF
WATERS. THE GRADIENT FLOW WILL RAPIDLY FALL OFF ON SUNDAY...AS A
STRONG SURFACE RIDGE BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE GULF COAST.
HOWEVER...THE RIDGE AXIS WILL TAKE ON A WEST TO EAST ORIENTATION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A BROAD AREA OF LOWER
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF. INCREASING EASTERLY
FLOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 20 KNOTS BY TUESDAY. WITH A DECENT FETCH ACROSS
THE GULF IN PLACE...A SWELL TRAIN WILL DEVELOP AND FEED INTO THE
REGION. THIS SWELL COMBINED WITH THE INCREASING WIND WAVES WILL
LEAD TO SEAS OF UP TO 8 OR 9 FEET OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS BY
WEDNESDAY. 32
DECISION SUPPORT... /EXPERIMENTAL/
DSS CODE...YELLOW
DEPLOYED...NONE.
ACTIVATION..NONE.
ACTIVITIES...MONITORING SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE OVER NORTHERN
CWA...MINOR FLOODING ON PEARL RIVER...AND SUPPORTING OIL SPILL
RESPONSE OFF THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS) CODE LEGEND
GREEN = NO WEATHER IMPACTS THAT REQUIRE ACTION
BLUE = LONG FUSED WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY IN EFFECT OR HIGH
VISIBILITY EVENT
YELLOW = HEIGHTENED IMPACTS WITH SHORT FUSED
WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY ISSUANCES; RADAR SUPPORT
ORANGE = HIGH IMPACTS - SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK SEVERE; NEARBY
TROPICAL EVENTS; HAZMAT OR OTHER LARGE EPISODES
RED = FULL ENGAGEMENT FOR MODERATE TO HIGH RISK SVR AND/OR
DIRECT TROPICAL THREATS; EVENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 82 51 59 35 / 40 90 20 0
BTR 83 56 62 39 / 30 80 30 0
ASD 81 59 63 38 / 30 80 50 10
MSY 82 61 66 42 / 30 70 50 10
GPT 77 60 64 38 / 30 80 60 10
PQL 77 62 65 37 / 30 80 70 20
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 10:54 AM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1054 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 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>082-031700- 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- 1054 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MAIN TIME FRAME WILL BE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...ENDING WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HOWEVER...IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SOME ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE ORIENTED EAST TO WEST. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINES HAVE BEEN POSTED OVER ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS DUE TO SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY STILL BE NEEDED IF WINDS BECOME A TAD STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES ON THE PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD QUICKLY BE ENTERING THE GULF. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL BE STRONG WITH MAINLY GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND EVEN WATERSPOUTS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINES OR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NECESSARY TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT COULD BE NEEDED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 95/DM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 2:38 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LAZ040-022115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 238 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO ST. TAMMANY PARISH... AT 233 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDEN ISLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...EDEN ISLE...SLIDELL...SLIDELL AIRPORT AND PEARL RIVER THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS 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. 95/DM
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 3:11 PM CST, 49 minutes before
MSZ080-081-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 311 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AFFECTING HANCOCK COUNTY... HARRISON COUNTY... AT 309 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WAVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...WAVELAND... KILN...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST. LOUIS...PASS CHRISTIAN...LONG BEACH... LYMAN...GULFPORT...GULFPORT AIRPORT AND BILOXI THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS 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. 95/DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 21 min | |
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 31 min | |
| Mar 2, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 21 min |
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