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Special Weather Statement, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 602 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 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>082-031115- 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- 602 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...MAINLY IN THE COATAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES AND EXTREME EASTERN LOUISIANA PARISHES. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY BEFORE 9 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 24/RR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
529 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
MSZ081-082-022300-
JACKSON-HARRISON-
529 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HARRISON AND
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 529 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE TO 10
MILES EAST OF MCHENRY TO PERKINSTON. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...BILOXI...SAUCIER AND LYMAN.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3046 8905 3047 8934 3063 8934 3065 8930
3065 8924 3068 8924 3068 8889 3074 8888
3073 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 024DEG 6KT 3081 8874 3069 8895 3078 8913
24/RRSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
600 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
MSZ081-022330-
HARRISON-
600 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 600 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAUCIER...OR
14 MILES SOUTH OF WIGGINS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...SAUCIER AND LYMAN.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3039 8915 3054 8934 3061 8934 3065 8928
3065 8924 3068 8924 3068 8905 3063 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 039DEG 13KT 3064 8913
24/RRSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 7:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
718 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
MSZ081-030045-
HARRISON-
718 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...
AT 718 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LONG BEACH...
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...LONG BEACH AND GULFPORT AIRPORT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3037 8908 3036 8909 3036 8911 3033 8918
3031 8927 3031 8929 3033 8929 3035 8927
3035 8928 3046 8923 3042 8903 3038 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 013DEG 11KT 3038 8915
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Bernard | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 67 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 97 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 94 min | |
| Aug 3, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 20 min |
| Aug 3, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Assumption, Saint James | 21 min |
| Aug 3, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 28 min | |
| Aug 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 97 min | |
| Aug 3, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| Aug 3, 10:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 91 min |
| Aug 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.