1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 5, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
330 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2001
LATEST TRACK FOR BARRY INDICATES THAT IT WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN
NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND THEN CURVE TO THE NORTHWEST. MODELS INDICATE A
LOW FORMING NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND LINGERING OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OPEN UP INTO A TROF
BY FRIDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOIST THROUGH THE
FORECAST PACKAGE. EXPECT PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH BARRY TO
AFFECT THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES AS IT MOVES ON SHORE. WITH
THE UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE AREA COUPLED WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR
EXPECT POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO BE IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY. AS
BARRY MOVES INLAND SURFACE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME
SOUTHWESTERLY. THE INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS PLUS RAIN COOLED AIR WILL
LIKELY KEEP MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S INTO WEDNESDAY THEN
BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
MCB 71/90/71/89 4646
BTR 74/90/74/89 4646
MSY 76/89/76/89 5646
GPT 74/88/75/87 7646
.NEW...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PASCAGOULA
...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
PEARL RIVER TO PASCAGOULA
LA...NONE.
MS...TROPICAL STORM WARNING MSZ080>082.
23LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT SUN AUG 5 2001 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI... .SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 7 MPH. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE MID SOUTH AND PULL TROPICAL STORM BARRY NORTH. THE APPROACHING TROUGH WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .COASTAL FLOODING... NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COASTAL WATER ZONES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL PRODUCE TIDES GENERALLY 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS... NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIONS...ALL INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BULLETINS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL ON TROPICAL STORM BARRY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 500 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2001 ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI... ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI... .SYNOPSIS... AT 400 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST. BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AROUND 6 MPH AND LANDFALL IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THE HEAVIER SQUALLS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH TONIGHT. .COASTAL FLOODING... NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL PRODUCE TIDES GENERALLY 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIONS...ALL INTERESTS PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BULLETINS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL LOUISIANA ON TROPICAL STORM BARRY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down across the northern and central areas of the parish. One tree fell on a mobile home. The storm knocked out power to nearly 7000 customers.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5264108.