Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1030 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

PRECIPITATION HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA AND WAS MAINLY AFFECTING EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI COASTAL ZONES LATE THIS MORNING. ANOTHER UPDATED ZONE
FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DIMINISHING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL AS CLOUD COVER... TEMPERATURES
AND WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A
DRY SLOT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION...HOWEVER THIS AREA WAS FILLING IN
SOMEWHAT AS SURFACE HEATING TAKES PLACE AND COLD AIR ALOFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. PLAN TO
CONTINUE WITH A MOSTLY CLOUDY FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON AND MENTION
THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SHOWERS AS WELL GIVEN THE COLD AIR ALOFT.
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE TO
EAST OF LAFAYETTE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

.NEW...NONE
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
815 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 AM    4 SW SLIDELL              LA   78 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/12/02   ST. TAMMANY                    MEASURED BY ONBOARD WIND
                                          EQUIPMENT ON A VESSEL
                                          MOORED IN THE BAYOU LIBERTY
                                          MARINA. SOME TIN ROOFS
                                          PEELED BACK FROM SLIP
                                          COVERS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT
                                          DAMAGE. APPARENT DOWNBURST
                                          BASED ON KLIX RADAR.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC RELAYED
                                          BY MEDIA.

RJR

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...
HOWEVER...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

.ACTIONS...NONE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX
(ALL LOWER CASE).

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1155 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH SHOWERS AND
   THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2 PM...

AT 1135 AM CST...A STORM SPOTTER IN MANDEVILLE REPORTED PEA TO
MARBLE SIZED HAIL FALLING FROM A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM.

AT 1155 AM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST OF PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI...ACROSS
CENTRAL ST TAMMANY PARISH TO NEAR MANCHAC. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE MOVING TO THE EAST 20 MPH.