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, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1030 AM 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 THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...MORNING PACKAGE IS OK FOR NOW. MCB 86/62/74/49 6730 BTR 87/65/75/51 7740 MSY 85/70/77/61 5750 GPT 83/69/80/51 5750 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 18
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AS THE TROUGH TRACKS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. .THUNDERSTORMS... AN UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI REMAIN WEDGED BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE STATE AND THE LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MID 80S. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .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 knocked down several trees at various locations around the parish.
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
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