Funnel Cloud, Livingston
- When
- June 28, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, 3 mi W of Livingston
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.440, -90.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A funnel cloud was observed.
Funnel Cloud in Louisiana, June 28, 2004
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 28, 2:40 AM CST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:40 AM CST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 340 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY OBSERVING SOME CONVECTION IN THE COASTAL WATERS THAT APPEAR TO BE DEVELOPING IN THE FRINGE OF THE BERMUDA RIDGE NOSING INTO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER REGION. THIS WOULD BE TYPICAL OF A LAND/SEA BREEZE REGIME NORMALLY...BUT DISTRIBUTION SUGGEST OTHERWISE. DECAYING STATIONARY FRONT NEAR I-20 CORRIDOR CONTINUES TO PROVIDE BAROCLINIC FOCUS FOR TODAY AND TUESDAY. WHILE IT WOULD SEEM OPTIMISTIC TO LOWER POPS AFTER A VERY WET PAST WEEK...PRUDENCE SUGGEST MAINTAINING HIGHER THAN NORMAL POPS FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. GFS MODEL DOES NOT FULLY BUILD A CLEAN BERMUDA RIDGE INTO THE FORECAST AREA FOR STEADY STATE SEASONABLE DAYTIME CONVECTION. AS SHORT-WAVES CONTNUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE GULF STATES...WILL LEAVE UNCERTAINTIES ON TIMING AND COVERAGE EACH DAY BEFORE DEEPER LAYERED MARINE LAYER BECOMES ESTABLISHED IN THE LATTER DAYS OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. WILL BE GOING CLOSER TO THE GFS GUIDANCE ON BOTH POPS AND TEMPS. ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS FOR PULSE SEVERE CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN TODAY...GIVEN FAVORABLE DOWNBURST PROFILE. WILL LOOK INTO THIS MORE FOR HWO ISSUANCE. && PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 88 69 88 70 / 60 30 70 30 BTR 89 71 88 71 / 60 30 70 30 MSY 89 75 89 75 / 50 30 60 30 GPT 88 75 89 75 / 50 30 60 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 24
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:20 AM CST, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1120 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291200- 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- 1120 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST...SOUTH AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RIVER FLOODING... A FEW AREA RIVERS ARE AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS 40 TO 65 MPH...LARGE HAIL WITH DIAMETERS OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY DURING THE PERIOD. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BRIEFLY EACH AFTERNOON. .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. HOWEVER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 25
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:23 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 123 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 LAZ060>064-068>070-281930- LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-ORLEANS- ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD- 123 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND SURROUNDING AREAS... AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDING FROM WEST OF HAHNVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF DESTREHAN...AND FROM NEAR BELLE CHASSE INTO RURAL ST. BERNARD PARISH...SOUTH OF LAKE BORGNE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY ACROSS OTHER PORTIONS OF METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS THROUGH 230 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. 22
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:37 PM CST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 137 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 LAZ047-048-050-281930- EAST BATON ROUGE-LIVINGSTON-WEST BATON ROUGE- 137 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS METROPOLITAN BATON ROUGE THROUGH 230 PM... AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF BAKER TO NEAR DOWNTOWN AMD CENTRAL BATON ROUGE...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM NEAR BAKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 22
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:16 PM CST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 216 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 LAZ060-061-068-282000- LOWER JEFFERSON-ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- 216 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF JEFFERSON PARISH THROUGH 300 PM... AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR LAFITTE...MOVING SOUTH AT ONLY 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD TOWARD LITTLE LAKE...AND ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE SALVADOR WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH TOWARD ESTELLE AND CROWN POINT BY 3 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BOATERS ON WATERWAYS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. 22
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Guam, June 28, 2004
- Heat in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2004
Sources
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: 5407297.