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 4, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 230 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS BEEN FAIRLY SPARSE THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON LIKELY DUE TO A CAPPED AIR MASS ALTHOUGH SOME ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING ACROSS COASTAL AREAS AND WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SHOWERS MORE INLAND BEFORE THE AFTERNOON IS DONE. STILL...CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER WITH WHAT SHOULD BE A NICE HOLIDAY NIGHT. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM MAINLY FROM RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COUPLED WITH AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. FORECAST SHOULD THEN TREND MORE TOWARD A SEASONAL PATTERN AS THE MODELS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING WITH RETURNING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHERN STREAM PROVIDING ENOUGH TRAILING ENERGY FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON SCATTERED CONVECTION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES THOUGH SHOULDNT DIFFER MUCH FROM NORMAL VALUES WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS AROUND 70 COUPLED WITH LOWS IN THE 70S. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY AND SAFE FOURTH. && PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 74 92 73 91 / 05 20 10 30 BTR 74 92 74 91 / 05 20 10 30 MSY 76 92 76 90 / 10 20 10 30 GPT 75 90 75 90 / 10 20 10 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1050 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-051100- 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- 1050 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES COULD REACH 95 TO 100 DEGREES. OTHERWISE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH ARE NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES COULD AGAIN REACH 95 TO 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. OTHERWISE ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL THEN INCREASE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER ONE OR TWO STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 710 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 LAZ034>039-046>050-MSZ070-071-050115- ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-LIVINGSTON-PIKE- POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA- 710 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 702 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED FROM JUST EAST OF TYLERTOWN...TO JUST NORTH OF FRANKLINTON...TO AMITE...TO BATON ROUGE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THERE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...AND CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 22
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees near Tickfaw.
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