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 Jan 24, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 200 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002 CURRENT FORECAST THINKING SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. COLD FRONT LOOKS TO BE ANGLED ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA STRETCHING TOWARD CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AS IT CONTINUES ITS SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION. STILL EXPECTING THIS BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE ITS TREK EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT CLEARING THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AROUND DAYBREAK. CURRENT AVN/ETA CLOSE WITH THEIR FRONTAL PROGRESSION WITH THE AVN SLIGHTLY FASTER. MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE TROF AXIS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE ETA PUSHING IT A LITTLE MORE SOUTHWARD. BY DOING THIS...THE ETA PUTS MORE ELEVATED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH THE POSITION OF THE JET PATTERN STEERING NORTH AROUND JACKSON...PREFER THE AVN SOLUTION WITH CLEARING THE RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES TONIGHT AND ENDING EARLY FRIDAY SOUTH AND EAST ZONES. REGARDING THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSING FRONT...GENERALLY FEEL THE CURRENT HWO AND PREVIOUS AFDS HAVE HANDLED THIS WELL AND WILL DEFER TO THEIR DISCUSSIONS. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE THE WORDING OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LOOKS LIKE A NICE WEEKEND IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EASTWARD LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...SOME MOISTURE RETURN IS PROGGED WHICH MAY BRING THE FORECAST AREA BACK INTO A FOG PATTERN. STARTING TUESDAY...THE MRF IS STILL ADVERTISING THE NEXT FRONT TO APPROACH THE LOWER SOUTHEAST AND ACTUALLY STALL ALONG THE GULF COAST ON THURSDAY. WILL NOT BE TOO SPECIFIC WITH THIS AND BASICALLY COMBINE THE LAST THREE DAYS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN GIVEN THE UNCERTAIN NATURE THESE NWP MODELS TREND TOWARD LATTER PERIODS. PRELIM NUMBERS TO PONDER... MCB 047/057/037/064 9000 BTR 050/057/039/065 8000 MSY 057/062/045/065 7200 GPT 057/062/043/064 7200 .NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM KPQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RVR OUT 60 NM AND INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 09
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO USER IN WARM TROPICAL AIR INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA STRETCHING INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT CLEARING THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREA AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ALSO...SOME TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORM CELLS IS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .MARINE HAZARDS... IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LATER TONIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY THROUGH THE GULF COASTAL WATERS SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING. ACTIONS...ACTIVATION OF THE STORM SPOTTER NETWORK IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAFF ACCORDINGLY SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT. 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 blew the roof off of a barn, knocked down a tree, and blew a shed over onto a parked vehicle.
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