1 lightning, 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 Jun 2, 3:00 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 400 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004 SYNOPTIC PATTERN REMAINS BASICALLY UNCHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IS INDICATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MINOR POCKETS OF ENERYGY WILL OCNTINUE TO MOVE EWD THRU THE SRN ROCKIES AND THEN TURN SEWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. PRECIP WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 1.5 INCHES AND A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS SO THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. SMALL AREA OF TSTMS IN THE LFT AREA THIS AFTN WILL MOVE EWD THIS EVEN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS NOW OVER OK/WRN AR WHICH SHOULD MOVE SEWD TONIGHT POSSIBLY MOVING SEWD OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THU. OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS POPS SHOULD RANGE IN THE 40 TO 50 PCT (SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMAT) MAINLY DAYTIME BUT AS USUAL IN THE NWLY FLOW TIMING WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. && PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 68 85 67 86 / 40 50 30 40 BTR 72 88 71 86 / 40 50 30 40 MSY 75 88 74 88 / 30 50 30 40 GPT 75 87 71 86 / 30 50 30 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 430 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-021700- 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- 430 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES AND FOR THE AREA EAST OF ST LANDRY AND NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO INCLUDE PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM THIS MORNING. A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH OVER WEST AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA EARLIER THIS MORNING. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS ACTIVE OF FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 544 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 LAZ036>038-046>050-MSZ069-070-021200- AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-LIVINGSTON- PIKE-ST HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WEST BATON ROUGE- 545 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUSIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree causing it to fall across Highway 24.
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