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 Jul 12, 2:50 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 350 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM NEW ORLEANS SOUTHWARD TO THE COAST IN RESPONSE TO INTENSE SURFACE HEATING. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH LA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THIS SHOULD STEER THE GULF LOW EAST NORTH EAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE ATLANTIC. SO OUR LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BECOME MORE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. THE EXTENDED OUTLOOK CALLS FOR CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING MAINLY NEAR THE COAST. MCB BB 073/093 073/092 073 242 BTR BB 073/093 073/092 073 242 MSY BB 078/093 077/092 077 242 GPT BB 075/093 075/092 075 242 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
642 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM 2 S DENHAM SPRINGS LA .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/02 LIVINGSTON TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST
RELAYED A REPORT FROM THE
PUBLIC OF PEA TO GRAPE SIZE
HAIL.
MTSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and knocked down a number of power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2002
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: 5311141.