Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA

817 
WWUS54 KLIX 160931
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
431 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

LAC091-160941-
/O.CAN.KLIX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140316T0945Z/
ST. HELENA LA-
431 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. HELENA PARISH IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3107 9020 3112 9008 3094 8997 3070 9055
      3090 9055 3100 9033 3100 9026 3104 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 243DEG 57KT 3089 9036

$$

LAC105-117-MSC147-160945-
/O.CON.KLIX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140316T0945Z/
WALTHALL MS-WASHINGTON LA-TANGIPAHOA LA-
431 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR WALTHALL COUNTY...AND TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES...

AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMER...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF AMITE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.

&&

LAT...LON 3107 9020 3112 9008 3094 8997 3070 9055
      3090 9055 3100 9033 3100 9026 3104 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 243DEG 57KT 3089 9036

$$

24/RR

481 
WWUS54 KLIX 160950
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
450 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

LAC105-117-MSC147-161000-
/O.EXP.KLIX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140316T0945Z/
WALTHALL MS-WASHINGTON LA-TANGIPAHOA LA-
450 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WALTHALL COUNTY...AND
TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON PARISHES HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 3107 9020 3112 9008 3094 8997 3070 9055
      3090 9055 3100 9033 3100 9026 3103 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 243DEG 57KT 3089 9036

$$

24/RR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1150 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014

.AVIATION...
...06Z TAF ISSUANCE...
VERY CHAOTIC SKY WAS OBSERVED WITH IFR TO VFR CEILINGS AT TAF
SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A PRE- FRONTAL
LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 08Z AND 15Z. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE WAKE OF THE SQUALL LINE
SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE
IN THE DAY. 18

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     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 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...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM
     THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT
     FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     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 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...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM
     THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT
     FOURCHON OUT 20 NM.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1033 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014

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>082-161545-
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-
1033 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS FORM AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS FROM A POSSIBLE SQUALL
LINE...HAIL FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT RULED
OUT. THIS RISK AREA IS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFTS ACROSS OPEN WATERS AROUND AND
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. ACTIVATION OF
SPOTTERS IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE REQUESTED
FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.