1 tornado, 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 22, 2:00 AM CST, 11 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 300 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... SOME DISCREPENCY IN MODEL RUNS CONCERNING THE DEPTH OF DRY AIR TODAY. ETA BRINGS IT DOWN TO 700MB AND THE AVN KEEPS IT DOWN TO 550MB. THIS WOULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE CONCERNING POP COVERAGE TODAY. SINCE AVN AND ETA ARE INITIALIZING FAIRLY WELL...WILL GO MORE IN LINE WITH BOTH STAT NUMBERS AND KEEP THE 50% COVERAGE TODAY. NO SYNOPTIC LIFT TODAY SO SH/TS DEVELOPMENT WILL RELY ONCE AGAIN ON HEATING...BUOYANCY AND CBRZ/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THE DRY AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE BROAD WEAK UPPER LOW IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY WITH A GENTLE CAPPING RESULT. THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE WV IMAGERY VERY WELL. THE SAME PROBLEM WILL EXIST FOR PART OF THE DAY TODAY WITH SOME DRY AIR ALOFT BEING ENTRAINED INTO TS THAT DEVELOP CAUSING DOWNBURST WINDS. THIS SHOULD BE MORE PREVELANT OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE REGION TODAY BUT POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WED LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING SEVERITY. SYNOPTIC LIFT FROM A WEAK FRONT ON THE BACK SIDE OF SUBSIDENT DRY AIR FROM A DEPARTING UPPER LOW WILL PROVIDE ALL THE INGREDIENTS NECESSARY FOR STRONG TO SEVERE TS DEVELOPMENT. HEATING DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY WITH SYNOPTIC LIFT ADVERTISED FROM THE SURFACE TO JET LEVEL...A GOOD POCKET OF DRY AIR AT 500MB AND SOME WEAK DIVERGENCE AT 300MB WILL GIVE WAY TO PLENTY OF TS ACTIVITY WITH MORE THAN ISOLATED SEVERE POSSIBLE. WILL HIGHLIGHT AND SHOW THIS IN ZONES AND HWO THIS MORNING. THURSDAY WILL SEE AN VERY STRONG MCS DEVELOP IN SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THAT MORNING SENDING A STRONG BOUNDARY OF TS ALONG THE WEAK FRONTAL AXIS BY LATE MORNING KEEPING POP NUMBERS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. PROFILES ARE SHOWING A MORE MOIST ATMOS BY THU SO STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS PREVELANT AS WED. BUT STRONG TO SEVERE TS WILL NOT BE RULED OUT AND WILL SHOW SEVERE POSSIBLE DAILY IN HWO. && PRELIMINARY POINT NUMBERS... MCB 89 72 85 70 / 50 30 70 40 BTR 91 74 86 71 / 50 20 70 40 MSY 90 76 88 76 / 50 20 70 40 GPT 90 76 88 71 / 50 20 70 40 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1059 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS..IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS...WILL POSE A GREATER THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-230100- 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- 1059 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 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 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS FROM STRONG DOWNBURSTS...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH. SOME PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL MAY ALSO RESULT. THE RISK SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM. LATER TONIGHT...SOME STORMS MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE BETTER THAN NORMAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SUNDAY...TRENDING TO NEAR NORMAL CHANCES FOR NEXT MONDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...A FEW MAY BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LIMITS EACH DAY PRIMARILY IN THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. .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...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRST RESPONSE AGENCIES SHOULD PROMPTLY RELAY ANY OBSERVED OR REPORTED STORM DAMAGE OR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado briefly touched down causing no damage in rural northern Hancock County.
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