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 Jun 7, 2:55 PM CST, 21 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 355 PM CDT MON JUN 07 2004 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VERY DIFLUENT PATTERN IN THE UPPER LEVELS ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION DOWN INTO SOUTHWEST LA AND SOUTHEAST TX. A SERIES OF UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGHS CAN ALSO BE SEEN MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MEXICO ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST TX WHERE VERY RICH TROPICAL AIR IS IN PLACE. FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...A FLAT 500 MB RIDGE HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION...BUT SUBSIDENCE HAS BEEN WEAK AND HAS NOT DRIED THINGS OUT THAT MUCH. A CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZE...SHOULD CAUSE SCATTERED COVERAGE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. THE DEEPER MOISTURE TO OUR WEST TODAY WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID MS AND LOWER OH VALLEYS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE PATTERN REMAINS BASICALLY UNCHANGED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. THE MODELS DIFFER ON PRECIPITABLE WATER FORECASTS WITH THE ETA KEEPING VALUES ABOVE NORMAL. WILL KEEP DAYTIME POPS ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE...NEAR CLIMO AT 30 PERCENT. ON THURSDAY...WEAK DISTURBANCES MAY MOVE THROUGH IN THE MID LEVEL WESTERLIES...WHICH DESCEND BACK DOWN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE ETA REMAINS RATHER MOIST AND THE GFS IS DRIER. WILL GO WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS AT 40 PERCENT. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE GFS SHOWS A CONTINUED SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING ALONG THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE WESTERLIES OVER LAND WITH A RETURN TO A SLIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO SURGE FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BENEATH A FLAT 500 MB RIDGE OVER THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO. THE DEEPER MOISTURE IF FORECAST TO GET PUSHED TO OUR EAST ACROSS FLORIDA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SINCE THERE HAS BEEN MODEL INCONSISTENCIES WITH THIS PATTERN...CONFIDENCE IS LOW. WILL MAINTAIN PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO DURING THE DAY 4 TO 7 PERIOD. && PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 89 69 90 71 / 30 20 30 20 BTR 90 72 91 73 / 40 20 30 20 MSY 90 75 90 75 / 30 10 30 20 GPT 88 73 88 73 / 20 10 30 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-090030- 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- 1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 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 SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED MOSTLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof was ripped off of a business and the debris from the roof hit and damaged three homes.
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