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 May 17, 2:45 PM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 345 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 LIX SOUNDING AT 12Z THIS MORNING INDICATED NO CAP OR NO WARM LAYERS ALOFT WITH A CAPE VALUE AROUND 4200 J/KG. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE WAS 1.67 INCHES. AN EARLY LOOK AT THE MESOETA SHOWS THE VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASSOCIATED MCS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST. WITH THESE FACTORS IN PLACE...WE WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES FOR TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH AVN NUMBERS TO CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. MEAN RH VALUES DROP TO 20 PERCENT BY 00Z SUNDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. NEAR RECORD LOWS AREA EXPECTED BOTH NIGHTS AT AUDUBON...MSY AND BTR SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINTAINING COOL AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. GRADUAL WARMING TREND THU AND FRI. HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS TO PONDER... MCB 061/074 047/075 047 80000 BTR 064/075 047/073 049 80000 MSY 069/077 057/075 057 83000 GPT 069/080 049/075 049 83000 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 18
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
505 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM BATON ROUGE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 EAST BATON ROUGE SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
ALONG WITH POWER LINES.
REPORTED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENT
0246 PM HAMMOND LA WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 TANGIPAHOA ROOF BLOWN OFF APARTMENT
BUILDING. NEARBY TREES
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
0300 PM MC COMB MS WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 PIKE SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0320 PM PARISHWIDE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 ST. TAMMANY TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN IN SEVERAL
AREAS OF PARISH. REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0340 PM PARISHWIDE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 WASHINGTON TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN
FEW LOCATIONS. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 715 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 .SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER COMPLEX OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT AND AN ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVING EASTWARD FROM TEXAS. .THUNDERSTORMS... AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP MAINLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE STORMS EARLY TONIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER STORMS. .ACTIONS...NONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE).
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 715 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 .SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER COMPLEX OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT AND AN ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVING EASTWARD FROM TEXAS. .THUNDERSTORMS... AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP MAINLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE STORMS EARLY TONIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER STORMS. .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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a carport, removed the skirting from a mobile home, blew down trees along River Road, knocked out power, and loosened boats from their moorings on the river.
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, May 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: 5299411.