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Gale Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 7, 2025

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this gale warning at May 7, 2025, 4:03 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2025, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 warning went out at May 7, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 10:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 11:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 11:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 11:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 11:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	55 min
May 6, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Iberville, West Baton Rouge	43 min
May 6, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana	38 min
May 6, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge	61 min
May 6, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston	40 min
May 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena	49 min
May 6, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Tangipahoa	31 min
May 6, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	39 min
May 6, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Washington	46 min
May 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		94 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	27 min
May 6, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany	44 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	4 hr
May 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	47 min
May 7, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		78 min
May 7, 12:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	4 hr
May 7, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Assumption	51 min
May 7, 8:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint Charles, Terrebonne	27 min
May 7, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		67 min
May 7, 8:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Charles	28 min
May 7, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint John the Baptist	19 min
May 7, 8:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	21 min
May 7, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Orleans, Saint Charles	31 min
May 7, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
May 7, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	66 min
May 7, 9:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	2 hr
May 7, 9:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		89 min
May 7, 9:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
May 7, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	33 min
May 7, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Bernard	23 min
May 7, 10:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		85 min
May 7, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
May 7, 10:57 AM CDT	Gale Warning	LIX		5 hr
May 7, 11:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	78 min
May 7, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		65 min
May 7, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 min
May 6, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	46 min
May 6, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Wilkinson	41 min
May 6, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Harrison	27 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	18 min
May 6, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	40 min
May 7, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock	48 min
May 7, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jackson	44 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.