Funnel Cloud, St. Tammany
- When
- March 13, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County, 3 mi W of Madisonville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.409, -89.954 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A funnel cloud was observed.
Funnel Cloud in Louisiana, March 13, 2004
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Mar 13, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 225 PM CST SAT MAR 13 2004 .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS JUST OFFSHORE ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY. A SHORT WAVE MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA SUNDAY WITH THE BEST ENERGY NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACTING AS A FOCUS EXPECT TO SEE POPS IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND DISSIPATE BEFORE IT GETS TO THE COAST. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL DRY OUT RAPIDLY TUESDAY. MODELS INDICATE THAT ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE BY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS... MCB 53 70 51 69 / 22 66 66 44 BTR 56 72 53 71 / 22 66 66 44 MSY 58 73 58 71 / 11 55 66 33 GPT 55 73 56 69 / 11 55 66 33 44 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 23
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 11:00 AM CST, 6 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CST SAT MAR 13 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-141200- 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- 1100 AM CST SAT MAR 13 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 RIVER FLOODING... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PEARL RIVER AT BOGALUSA AND AT PEARL RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR CREST INFORMATION. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RIVER FLOODING... THE PEARL RIVER AT BOGALUSA AND PEARL RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD DURING THE PERIOD. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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. 23
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 Wind in North Dakota, March 13, 2004
- High Wind in South Dakota, March 13, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 13 to 14, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, March 13, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 13, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 13, 2004
- Hail in Illinois, March 13, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 13, 2004
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 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: 5387668.