1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 13, 1:00 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 200 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002 CONVECTION FIRING HARD THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL NEED TO BE BRIEF WITH THIS DISCUSSION. ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON FLARING UP AROUND THE UPPER TROF DOMINATING THE LOWER SOUTHEAST. DO NOT EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO MOVE VERY MUCH UNTIL THE EARLY HALF OF NEXT WEEK WHEN A RIDGE PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE HIGH SCT FOR SUN AS SUGGESTED BY FORECAST TIME HEIGHTS AND MOS GUIDANCE AND TAYLOR BACK SLIGHTLY FOR MON WITH SOME DRIER AIR MOVING IN ACROSS THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. CLIMO NUMBERS LOOK GOOD THE REST OF THE WAY OUT WITH THE HIGH BUILDING IN ACROSS THE REGION. MCB 71/89/70/90 4524 BTR 74/89/73/90 4524 MSY 76/90/76/90 3524 GPT 74/89/74/89 3423 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 09
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused a 63 foot tugboat carrying 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel to sink just west of the Causeway bridge. Two men onboard the boat were rescued by the Coast Guard.
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: 5311076.