1 tornado, 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 22, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 245 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 LATEST UPPER AIR ANALYSIS REVEALED AN ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER EAST TENNESSEE AND CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER WEST MONTANA. IN ADDITION...THE SMALL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION AT 300MB OVER THE FORECAST AREA YESTERDAY WAS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AS OF 00Z WITH A SLIGHT REFLECTION DOWN TO 500MB. LIX SOUNDING REVEALED A DEEP EAST FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO 500MB AND MOISTURE INCREASE BETWEEN 600 AND 400MB IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS WEAK. SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE AREA SUNDAY. IN THE MEANTIME...DEEP EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT WEST AND WEAKEN OVER THE TEXAS COAST BY FRIDAY MORNING...THUS CREATING A VERY WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA AND LOWERING THE CHANCE OF RAIN TO NEAR NORMAL FOR FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE CAROLINAS WILL WEAKEN AND REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE LOW OVER WEST MONTANA BEFORE ONE EJECTS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ON SATURDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER SOUTHWEST CONUS. THE FIRST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES EARLY SATURDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BECOME STRETCHED FROM THE SURFACE LOW TO MID SOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE A PUSH NEEDED TO DRIVE THE FRONT INTO OUR FORECAST AREA. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE/LOW OVER NORTHEAST CONUS SO FAR REMOVED AND A WEAK IN AIR DENSITY SURFACE HIGH BEHIND THE FRONT...THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE THE ONLY PUSH AND THIS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH ON SUNDAY. WILL SLOW THE FRONT OVER THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AND WASH IT OUT MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE OR INSERT POPS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ALONG WITH CLOUD COVER. UPPER LEVEL HIGH EXPECTED TO EXPAND BACK TO THE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MID RANGE MODELS ARE INDICATING A TROUGH DEVELOPING WITH LAST DISTURBANCE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND DRIVING THE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. WE WILL SEE. HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS TO PONDER... MCB 88/71/90/71 6242 BTR 88/73/90/73 6242 MSY 88/74/91/75 6242 GPT 87/75/89/75 6242 .NEW...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 18
GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE EAST OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE ADDED MOISTURE TO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE WIDESPREAD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .ACTIONS... NONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE)
GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE EAST OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE ADDED MOISTURE TO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE WIDESPREAD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .ACTIONS... NONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE) WWUS84 KLIX 221133 CCA SPSNEW GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE EAST OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE ADDED MOISTURE TO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE WIDESPREAD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .ACTIONS... NONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE)
GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-231200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOUTHERLY FLOW TO THE EAST OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE BECOMING MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO OCCASION LIGHTNING...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .ACTIONS... NONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado was observed by law enforcement near the intersection of Interstate 310 and Highway 61.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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