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Special Marine Warning 101, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 2, 2012

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special marine warning at Apr 2, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

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NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Apr 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 1:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
101 PM CDT MON APR 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>082-031815-
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-
101 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA
EXCLUDING HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. SEE WATCH
PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
LATEST RADAR IMAGE SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL AROUND QUARTER SIZE.
THE MAIN TIME FRAME FOR STORMS WILL BE FROM 1PM TO 4PM WEST OF
INTERSTATE 55 AND 4PM TO 8PM EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

MINOR RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE LOWER PEARL AND LOWER
ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LARGE HAIL.

REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ONGOING RIVER
FLOODING THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD
BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
223 PM CDT MON APR 02 2012

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

0210 PM     HAIL             ZACHARY                 30.66N 91.15W
04/02/2012  E1.00 INCH       EAST BATON ROUGE   LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ZACHARY.

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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Livingston	30 min
Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	56 min
Apr 2, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	32 min
Apr 2, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	26 min
Apr 2, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana	20 min
Apr 2, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana	62 min
Apr 2, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	36 min
Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		38 min
Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Saint Charles	44 min
Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	50 min
Apr 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		50 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	58 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles	28 min
Apr 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 min
Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Bernard	33 min
Apr 2, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	25 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Louisiana, 2012 Every special marine warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.