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 Mar 31, 3:15 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 315 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 FIRST OF SEVERAL BANDS OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH TEXAS TRACKED INTO OUR FORECAST AREA OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT AROUND 200 AM. JUST A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTER SUNDAY AS TIME LAPSE SEQUENCE OF INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS BEGINNING TO COOL ON THE 745 TO 815Z SEQUENCE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH LIGHTNING DATA SHOWING LIGHTNING ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL GO WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY FROM 80 PERCENT IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ZONES WITH MENTION OF SOME STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE PER SPC OUTLOOK. WILL THEN TAPER PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA TO 60 PERCENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN THIRD INCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES. MODEL GUIDANCE ADVERTISES THE UPPER LEVEL LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO OPEN UP AS IT SPINS ACROSS LOUISIANA TODAY AND MOVES EAST OF MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THIS WILL FINALLY PULL THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER EASTERN TEXAS EAST TODAY AND WILL GO WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST FOR THE BTR AREA BETWEEN 18 AND 00Z TODAY WITH THE FRONT THEN WORKING THROUGH THE COASTAL AREAS THIS EVENING. LESS HUMID AND SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND THEN RETURN FLOW SETS UP AGAIN AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT WHICH WILL APPROACH THE COAST WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT IS BEING PUSHED SOUTH BY THE DENSITY OF COOL CANADIAN AIR WHICH SPILLS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEHIND AN EXITING ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM RACING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. FRONT FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF 20 TO 60 NM EARLY THURSDAY ACCORDING TO THE AVN SURFACE PRESSURE AND WIND FORECASTS. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND ALSO LACKS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SO WILL MENTION ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH. MCB 076/048/074/050 8000 BTR 077/051/075/053 7000 MSY 079/057/076/055 6000 GPT 078/052/074/053 6000 .NEW...NONE LA.....NONE. MS.....NONE. 13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds partially removed the roofs on a few homes, damaged the roof of a barn, threw a horse trailer into a tree, knocked down power lines, snapped off trees, and blew a tree down on an abandoned house causing heavy damage along Highway 414.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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