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 Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1055 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 PREVIOUS FCST STILL ON TRACK AS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SQUALL LINE IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF SLIDELL'S CWA. LINE OF MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. MAIN ENERGY FROM S/W TROF IS BEGINNING TO SWING NEWD ACROSS THE LOW TO MID MS VALLEY. AIRMASS WAS FAIRLY CAPPED AROUND 700 MB AT 12Z BUT SOME COOLING AT MID-LEVELS APPARENTLY MAKING HEADWAY INTO WRN FRINGES OF THE CWA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL SLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAKES FOR WINDY CONDS THROUGH THIS AFTN AHEAD OF THE FRONT. PACIFIC TYPE FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING EWD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMTS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD. .NEW...SCA PQL-ATCHAFALAYA RVE INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/MAUREPAS LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 05
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-292000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1015 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM CST... A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THIS LINE MOVES EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BRIEFLY ATTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE CONDITIONS BY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWERLINES. DUE TO DROUGHT DAMAGED TREES ACROSS THE AREA...WEAKENED OR DEAD TREES MAY BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BY WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 60 MPH. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES 3SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM. 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). 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off of two businesses, blew the deck off of a trailer, and knocked down several power lines and trees, one of which fell on and damaged a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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