Alert archive / Louisiana / Gale Watches in 2016
Gale Watch 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this gale watch at Mar 8, 2016, 3:22 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:36 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Mar 8, 11:57 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:57 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 12:49 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1249 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 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>082-090700- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE ISLAND LOUISIANA OUT 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- 1249 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY BUT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUDING WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON COULD OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO HOUMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MULTIPLE BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA DURING THE MID AND LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK. THE MAJOR CONCERNS WILL BEGIN WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERALL WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING AND POSSIBLY EVEN EXCEEDING 8 INCHES. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE IN A SHORT TIME WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING RIVERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS WINDS STRENGTHENS FURTHER...FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE MAY REQUIRE A GALE WATCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED AS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS MUCH AS 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. GENERAL TIMES OF GREATEST IMAPACTS WILL BE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 8:14 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 4 days | |
| Mar 8, 3:55 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 5 days |
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Sources
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