1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1045 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON... EARLY MORNING FORECAST AND REASONING REMAINS ON TRACK...BUT WILL ISSUE UPDATED ZONES TO TWEAK TEMPERATURES AND WINDS UP A CATEGORY TODAY AND HEADLINE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22. LOOKS LIKE SYSTEM IS MOVING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES...SO WILL TRIM BACK POPS TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR NE...CENTRAL AND SW LA AND SW MS...INCLUDING KBTR AND KMCB. OUTSIDE OF A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS... THE MAIN THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA AND MS COAST SHOULD BE IN THE 3 TO 6 PM TIME FRAME. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE SHOW A FAVORABLE JET STRUCTURE AND STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL DRYING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH OVER TX. UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AT 1100 AM WILL ADDRESS THIS...BUT DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY BIG CHANGES FROM EARLIER OUTLOOK. UPDATED FIRST PERIOD NUMBERS... MCB 075/040/055/032 +100 BTR 081/043/057/034 +100 MSY 080/049/060/040 7200 GPT 075/047/058/0~34 7300 .NEW...SCA FROM KPQL TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN ALONG WITH LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 22
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-170100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1120 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON... ...SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE...A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS BOUNDARY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SQUALL LINE COULD REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS... THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND OVER THE SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. SQUALL LINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AND MCCOMB AREAS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...CONTINUE MOVING EAST INTO THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM AND CROSS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. ...MARINE HAZARDS AND WIND... IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON LAND AS WELL...SO BOATERS ON INLAND LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ...ACTIONS... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD STAFF ACCORDINGLY FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree which fell on a van and the roof of a garage. The van was destroyed while the garage roof suffered only minor damage. Several large tree limbs were also reported blown down in southern Tangipahoa Parish near Hammond.
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, February 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: 5233286.