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Gale Watch 3, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 8, 2016

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 8:14 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX4 days
Mar 8, 3:55 AM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist5 days

Nearby

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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.