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Wind Advisory 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 28, 201513 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 AM CST for 13 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 AM CST (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2015, 8:01 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2015-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2015-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

466 
WWUS74 KLIX 280600
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1200 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT
WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT. A SQUALL
LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. 

LAZ034>037-046>050-056>060-065>067-071-072-MSZ068>070-281100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.151228T0600Z-151228T1100Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-IBERVILLE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-
ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-
UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...
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...AMITE...
KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...
GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB
1200 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...MIDNIGHT THROUGH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE PRIOR TO 5 AM. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE BRANCHES
  AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IF LINES
  ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ071-077-080>082-281400-
/O.NEW.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.151228T0600Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WALTHALL-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...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
1200 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...BETWEEN 2 AM AND 8 AM. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. 

* DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE...ENDING
  WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE BRANCHES
  AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE IF LINES
  ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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8 follow-up statements
069 
WWUS74 KLIX 280903
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
303 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT. A
SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING
EASTWARD THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. 

LAZ034>036-046>049-056-MSZ068-281015-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1100Z/
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...PLAQUEMINE...
WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...
GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
PAINCOURTVILLE...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE
303 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WINDS HAVE LOWERED WHILE SHIFTING WEST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVED
THROUGH. 

$$

LAZ037-050-057>060-065>067-071-072-MSZ069-070-281100-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1100Z/
ST. HELENA-LIVINGSTON-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-AMITE-
PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...
PONCHATOULA...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB
303 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...THROUGH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE PRIOR TO 5 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ071-077-080>082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WALTHALL-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...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
303 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE...ENDING 
  WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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257 
WWUS74 KLIX 281000
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
400 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT. A
SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING
EASTWARD THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.

LAZ037-050-057-065-066-MSZ069-281100-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1100Z/
ST. HELENA-LIVINGSTON-ST. JAMES-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
AMITE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...HOUMA...
BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY
400 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE ABATED SINCE THE WIND SHIFT.

$$

LAZ058>060-067-071-072-MSZ070-281100-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1100Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...THIBODAUX...
RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...GALLIANO...CUT OFF...
GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...MCCOMB
400 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...THROUGH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE PRIOR TO 5 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...FOR THE NEXT HOUR THROUGH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ071-077-080>082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WALTHALL-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...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
400 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE...ENDING 
  WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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752 
WWUS74 KLIX 281030
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT. A
SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING
EASTWARD THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.

LAZ058>060-067-071-072-MSZ070-281130-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1100Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...THIBODAUX...
RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...GALLIANO...CUT OFF...
GOLDEN MEADOW...AMITE...KENTWOOD...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...MCCOMB
430 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE HIGH WINDS HAVE ABATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE. 

$$

LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ071-077-080>082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WALTHALL-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...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
430 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 430 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE...ENDING 
  WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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222 
WWUS74 KLIX 281102
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
502 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS MORNING.
A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING
EASTWARD THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. THE HIGH WIND THREAT
WILL END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE EARLY THIS MORNING. 

LAZ061-MSZ071-281215-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
UPPER JEFFERSON-WALTHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...KENNER...TYLERTOWN
502 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE SQUALL LINE HAS MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA AS OF 5 AM CST. 

$$

LAZ039-040-062>064-068>070-MSZ077-080>082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-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...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
502 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...2 TO 3 HOURS PRIOR TO SQUALL LINE PASSAGE...ENDING 
  WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE. 

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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778 
WWUS74 KLIX 281130
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
530 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WELL IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WILL
PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS MORNING. A SQUALL
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING EASTWARD
THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. THE HIGH WIND THREAT WILL END
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE EARLY THIS MORNING.

LAZ039-040-062>064-068-281230-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...
CHALMETTE...VIOLET
530 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE SQUALL LINE HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE HIGH WINDS HAVE
ABATED.

$$

LAZ069-070-MSZ077-080>082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-
JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
ST. MARTIN
530 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 530 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...ENDING WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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064 
WWUS74 KLIX 281231
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
631 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE WILL PRODUCE
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS MORNING. A SQUALL LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWEEPING EASTWARD THROUGH THE
ADVISORY AREA AS WELL. THE HIGH WIND THREAT WILL END WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE SQUALL LINE EARLY THIS MORNING.

LAZ069-070-MSZ077-080-281345-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY...
PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD
631 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

MSZ081-082-281400-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
631 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...BETWEEN 630 AM AND 8 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...ENDING WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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061 
WWUS74 KLIX 281317
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
717 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 8 AM
CST...

.HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH
JACKSON COUNTY BY 8 AM CST. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD
AND ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. THE THREAT WILL END WITH THE PASSAGE OF 
THE SQUALL LINE.

MSZ081-281430-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
HARRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GULFPORT...BILOXI
717 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE SQUALL LINE HAS MOVED INTO JACKSON COUNTY AS OF 715 AM CST.

$$

MSZ082-281430-
/O.CON.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...
MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
717 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM CST.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* DURATION...ENDING WITH SQUALL LINE PASSAGE.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED. WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES AND SMALL TREES MAY FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 
  IF LINES ARE AFFECTED BY FALLEN TREES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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043 
WWUS74 KLIX 281401
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
801 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.THE WIND ADVISORY THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST. 

MSZ082-281515-
/O.CAN.KLIX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151228T1400Z/
JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...
MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
801 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE OUT OF JACKSON COUNTY AT 815 AM...THUS
ENDING THE HIGH WIND THREAT. 

$$

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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 Dec 27, 6:49 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 6:49 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
649 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...SOUNDING DISCUSSION...

WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING TO INITIATE CONVECTION...WE ARE
IN A BIT OF A LULL AT THE MOMENT. THAT WILL CHANGE AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT PROVIDING LARGE SCALE LIFT.
OVERALL..THE ATMOSPHERE HAS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES
OVER 2000 J/KG AND A PLETHORA OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS THE
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 1.70 INCHES IS NEAR THE RECORD VALUE
FOR THIS DATE/TIME. LAPSE RATES ARE MODEST AT THIS TIME...BUT THEY
SHOULD STEEPEN AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE LCL IS
LOW AROUND 550 FEET/175 METERS. DIRECTIONAL AND SOME SPEED SHEAR
ARE PRESENT WITH 0-1 AND 0-3KM SRH VALUES ABOVE 200 M2/S2. THIS IS
SUPPORTIVE OF ROTATING UPDRAFTS. AS FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WIND GUSTS POTENTIAL...DOWNDRAFT CAPE IS FAVORABLE AT 1265 J/KG.

IF NEEDED...A SPECIAL BALLOON RELEASE IS POSSIBLE AROUND
6Z/MIDNIGHT TO HELP FURTHER ASSESS THE OVERNIGHT SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT.

00Z BALLOON INFO: A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT THAT ATTAINED A HEIGHT OF
20.7 MILES ABOVE THE GROUND AFTER ASCENDING FOR 94 MINUTES. THE
BALLOON BURST OVER MCHENRY 40 MILES DOWNRANGE FROM THE OFFICE.

ANSORGE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015/

SHORT TERM...

SHOWERS AND A FEW STRIKES OF LIGHTNING ARE NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS
THE AREA WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY AT THIS POINT ALONG THE
I-12 CORRIDOR AND POINTS NORTH. THE FRONT IS NOW MOVING INTO
EASTERN PARTS OF TEXAS WITH THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING FROM NEAR TEXARKANA DOWN TO THE HOUSTON AREA.

THIS CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE TO THE WEST IS SHOWING
SIGNS OF INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AND COULD PRODUCE
SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-12 IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN
ADDITION...THE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AND WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS
EVENING ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE TIDAL LAKES. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20
MILES PER HOUR WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR OR ABOVE 30 ARE POSSIBLE.
OPTED AGAINST A WIND ADVISORY DUE TO BEING JUST BELOW CRITERIA AND
THE RELATIVE SHORT LIVED PERIOD WE SHOULD SEE THESE INCREASED
WINDS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED WITH THE FORECAST REASONING FOR OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AS THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE
PROGRESS INTO THE AREA BRINING THE SQUALL LINE WITH IT. LATEST
HRRR RUN SHOWS LINE MOVING INTO THE CWA AROUND MIDNIGHT...INTO THE
BATON ROUGE AREA AROUND 2AM AND INTO THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA
AROUND 4AM AND INTO THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES BY MID
MORNING. THE MAIN THREATS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES EMBEDDED IN THE LINE.

AFTER THE FRONT COMES THROUGH...MUCH MORE SEASONAL WEATHER IS ON
TAP WITH HIGHS ON MONDAY INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S AND LOWS
DROPPING INTO THE 40S AND 50S.

LONG TERM...

THE NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS TO AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER
IMPULSE MOVES NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND INTERACTS WITH THE
BOUNDARY...WHICH WILL STILL BE AROUND THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES
CONTINUE TO BE HIGH ON WEDNESDAY AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE IN THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY LIKELY TO ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST TWO
DAYS OF THE NEW YEAR...QUITE A CHANGE FROM THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

AVIATION...

CEILINGS CURRENTLY VARIABLE BETWEEN MVFR AND VFR AT MOST LOCATIONS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS PRIMARILY AFFECTING KBTR...KMCB AND KHDC AT THIS
TIME. CANNOT RULE OUT A LITTLE LIGHTNING...BUT WILL HANDLE THIS WITH
AMENDMENTS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS COULD CAUSE CROSSWIND ISSUED
DEPENDING ON RUNWAY ORIENTATION.

EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO BECOME PREDOMINANT AFTER 00Z. CONVECTION
OVER EAST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE
EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. TRIED TO GIVE A 1-2 HOUR TIMING WINDOW FOR
BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION. LIKELY TO BE A BRIEF PERIOD WITH IFR
CEILINGS...VISIBILITIES AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KNOTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE CONVECTION. BEHIND THE CONVECTION...MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD BE
THE RULE...WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT TO LOW END VFR POSSIBLE BY
MIDDAY.

MARINE...

MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WINDS AND SEAS AHEAD OF...AND JUST BEHIND COLD
FRONT. WILL EXPAND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO INCLUDE ALL COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY...AND MIGHT NEED EXTENDED FOR A BIT BEYOND
THAT. ITS POSSIBLE THAT A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE GUSTS COULD OCCUR
AHEAD OF FRONT...BUT THREAT NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE GALE WARNING
AT THIS TIME. CONVECTIVE GUSTS ABOVE 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE WITH
CONVECTION...BUT THESE WOULD BE COVERED UNDER SPECIAL MARINE
WARNINGS.

WINDS SHOULD RELAX FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEFORE ANOTHER SURGE OF
COLDER AIR BRINGS AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

DECISION SUPPORT...

DSS CODE....BLUE.
DEPLOYED...NONE.
ACTIVATION...NONE.
ACTIVITIES...ASSESSING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT/MON AM.

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 RISK SVR AND/OR DIRECT
         TROPICAL THREATS; EVENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  56  60  42  59 / 100  60  10  10
BTR  54  59  42  59 / 100  30  10  10
ASD  61  65  47  62 / 100  60  20  10
MSY  59  62  49  63 / 100  50  20  10
GPT  64  69  50  63 / 100  80  20  10
PQL  67  70  50  65 / 100  80  20  20

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR GMZ530-532-534-
     536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR GMZ532-534-536-
     538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 11:04 PM CST, 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1104 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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>082-281715-
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-
1104 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TORNADO WATCH 573 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR COUNTIES AND
PARISHES WEST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE METRO BATON
ROUGE AREA. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH MAY BE ISSUED TOWARDS MORNING
FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WEST OF THE US HIGHWAY 49 CORRIDOR. A SQUALL
LINE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS OF 4O TO 60 MPH AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. THE SQUALL SHOULD BE NEAR THE ATCHAFALAYA AND
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE GREATER
BATON ROUGE AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM...I-55 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 2 AND
3 AM...GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM...PEARL RIVER
BASIN 4 TO 6 AM...GULFPORT/US 49 CORRIDOR SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM.
ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS STRONG WINDS ARE
INDICATED JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND GUSTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT PRIOR TO SQUALL PASSAGE. SOME GUSTS MAY
REACH 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS
TONIGHT FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS SHIFTING TO STRONG WEST WINDS
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE US 49
CORRIDOR THROUGH MID-MORNING MONDAY FOR ANTICIPATED ONGOING
SQUALL LINE PASSAGE BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY FOR ALL
COASTAL WATERS. AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS IN SOME AREAS. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY PROMPT
ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ISSUANCE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR
STRONG NORTH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE SQUALL PASSAGE...AT WHICH TIME
ACTIVATION CAN STAND DOWN.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 12:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXIberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana57 min
Dec 28, 1:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana25 min
Dec 28, 1:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge30 min
Dec 28, 1:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX89 min
Dec 28, 1:51 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXIberville24 min
Dec 28, 1:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Iberville50 min
Dec 28, 2:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana30 min
Dec 28, 2:17 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston28 min
Dec 28, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston38 min
Dec 28, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena47 min
Dec 28, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist40 min
Dec 28, 2:41 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena49 min
Dec 28, 2:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLafourche, Terrebonne26 min
Dec 28, 2:53 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa67 min
Dec 28, 3:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa57 min
Dec 28, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne40 min
Dec 28, 3:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint John the Baptist43 min
Dec 28, 3:20 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX55 min
Dec 28, 3:28 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa32 min
Dec 28, 3:33 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington27 min
Dec 28, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington58 min
Dec 28, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington30 min
Dec 28, 4:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson, Orleans65 min
Dec 28, 4:11 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX64 min
Dec 28, 4:28 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany32 min
Dec 28, 4:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington31 min
Dec 28, 4:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington25 min
Dec 28, 4:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany28 min
Dec 28, 4:51 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX24 min
Dec 28, 5:09 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX66 min
Dec 28, 6:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX53 min
Dec 28, 7:01 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX89 min
Dec 28, 2:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson28 min
Dec 28, 2:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson36 min
Dec 28, 2:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite10 min
Dec 28, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite37 min
Dec 28, 3:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite24 min
Dec 28, 5:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River59 min
Dec 28, 6:31 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHarrison29 min
Dec 28, 7:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson63 min

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Sources

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