1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 4:45 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 545 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED ZONES TO DELETE REFERENCE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS... MCB 68 75 59 77 / 60 70 60 05 BTR 69 79 60 78 / 60 70 60 05 MSY 71 80 65 79 / 60 70 60 05 GPT 70 78 62 79 / 40 60 60 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 545 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-250000- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK- HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 545 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND WEAKEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 524 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 LAZ034>037-046>050-056-057-065-066-MSZ068-069-242300- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- LIVINGSTON-LOWER TERREBONNE-POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-ST JAMES- UPPER TERREBONNE-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 524 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 515 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM PREDICTION CENTER CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. CURRENT RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM WESTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TO WESTERN BATON ROUGE TO NEW IBERIA. NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a fire that destroyed a railroad trestle over the Amite River off Frenchtown Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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