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 Dec 19, 9:30 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
930 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002
...TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE LAST HOUR SOUTHWEST OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL LINE WHICH WAS POSITIONED
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. 0-2 KM SRH
VALUES IN EXCESS OF 300 M2/S2 AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT
ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY. A NEW
TORNADO WATCH HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
AREA INCLUDING METRO NEW ORLEANS AND BILOXI-GULFPORT AND IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST. ALREADY UPDATED THE ZONES TO CLEAN UP WORDING
AND POPS TODAY...AND ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE SENT SHORTLY TO ADD NEW
TORNADO WATCH.
UPDATED NUMBERS...
MCB 73/44 60/38 9100
BTR 74/43 60/38 9100
MSY 75/48 62/39 8300
GPT 71/47 62/39 8500
.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PASCAGOULA TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
60NM INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS
GMZ530-550-555-570-575.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
22LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-200100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 908 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SQUALL LINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TIME OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM IN SOUTHWESTERNMOST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN PARISHES...BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM FOR THE NORTH-SHORE AND RIVER PARISHES AS WELL AS MCCOMB AND TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI...AND BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM FOR THE SOUTH-SHORE INCLUDING THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA. THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY WILL BE UNDER THE GUN MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL AND LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER FOR TUESDAY...CHRISTMAS EVE. NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF THE STORM SPOTTER NETWORK...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HAM RADIO OPERATIONS IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE URGED TO STAFF ACCORDINGLY FOR ANTICIPATED SEVERE WEATHER SUPPORT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged two unoccupied house trailers, peeled off a fiberglass truck bed cover and wrapped it around the cab of the truck, caused the roof of an outdoor boat shed to collapse, knocked down trees, and blew down a sign.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, December 2002
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