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 Jul 8, 2:22 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 315PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 IT LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY MAY BE THE RELATIVELY DRIER DAY THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE T.S. BILL. AT THIS TIME WILL HOLD OUT ON HOPE AND CARRY ONLY 30 PERCENT INTERIOR SECTIONS AND 20 PERCENT LOWER HALF OF THE CWA. THEREAFTER...BERMUDA RIDGE SHOULD MAINTAIN STEADY STATE ONSHORE FLOW FAVORABLE FOR DAILY SEABREEZE CONVECTION GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. WILL GO 30-40 PERCENT EACH DAY THURSDAY ONWARD. WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY AT THE TROPICS AS NEWLY NAMED TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH GULF BY FRIDAY. LARGE AMPLITUDE TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE U.S. COULD BE A PLAYER IF CLAUDETTE SHOULD MOVE MORE NORTH OF CURRENT PATH. TIME WILL TELL AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. AT THIS TIME...THE ADVISORY WILL REFLECT A PATH SIMILAR TO ISIDORE INTO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. PRELIM NUMBERS... MCB 72/91/72/91 1313 BTR 73/91/74/91 1313 MSY 75/90/76/91 -2-3 GPT 75/88/75/89 -2-3 .NEW...NONE LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 24
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-090000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR FOR 20 MINUTES DURATION. WATERSPOUTS CAN DEVELOP IN THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS AND OVER THE MARSHES...MAINLY BEFORE 1 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS BRIEFLY DUE TO DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees along Highway 61 which caused minor damage to a few cars and homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2003
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: 5372723.