Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- July 13, 12:38 PM CST
- Where
- Orleans County, New Orleans Lakefron
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -90.033
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 13, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 13, 1:25 AM CST, 11 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:25 AM CST, 11 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 225 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002 UPPER LOW OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONTINUES TO MIGRATE SOUTHWEST. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA THAN BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWARD. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTH AND FORM A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA MONDAY THE HIGH WILL THEN DRIFT WEST INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AND REMAIN. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. MODELS INDICATE DRYING OF THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE 700 MILLIBARS TONIGHT. BELOW THE 700 LEVEL THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOIST WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION. WITH WEAK DYNAMICS EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO FIRE WITH MAX SOLAR HEATING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS SHOULD SEE MAX TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S TODAY. EXPECT TO SEE MAX TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S ON SUNDAY. MCB 89/72/90/73 7442 BTR 89/73/90/74 7442 MSY 90/75/90/76 7442 GPT 89/75/90/75 7442 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 23
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:45 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-140600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1045 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROF LAYERED ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DRIFTING NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. .THUNDERSTORMS... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SURFACE TROF LATER TODAY AND DRIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. .ACTIONS...NONE AT THIS TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 13, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 13, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 13, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 13, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, July 13 to 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 13, 2002
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 13, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13 to 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 13, 2002
More
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Sources
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: 5311075.