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 May 1, 8:55 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 955 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 .DISCUSSION...LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN AND TSTMS IN THE PAST HOUR AS A S/W TROUGH SWINGS EWD ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALEY LATER TONIGHT. RAIN SHOULD END FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES INDICATED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION BY NOON SUNDAY AS THE MAIN TROUGH ALOFT CONTINUES EAST. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE RAIN AMOUNTS DECREASING AS THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF RAIN DIMINISHES TONIGHT. IN THE MARINE ZONES...SMALL CRAFT ADZY WINDS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. TE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SAE OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR ADVECTING OVER THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LOWER HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SPREAD EWD. && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVZY KPQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RVR FOR SUNDAY. && 25/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 550 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-011600- 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- 550 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT .FLOODING...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING PEARL RIVER COUNTY. PARTS OF THE AREA...MAINLY SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS...HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED WELL OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH REMAINING AREAS RECEIVING AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY IN THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALSO POSSIBLE. .THUNDERSTORMS...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AND WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAINLY ALONG THE FRONTS PATCH. HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND WEAK SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY .MARINE HAZARDS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASES. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY TUESDAY. .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...FIRST RESPONSE AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING PROMPTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL 5 SE MCCOMB 31.19N 90.41W
05/01/2004 0.75 INCH PIKE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0346 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE MCCOMB 31.22N 90.44W
05/01/2004 PIKE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
BUILDINGS DAMAGED...ROOF OFF MOBILE HOME...AND TWO TREES
DOWN.
&&
TDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
601 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 NNW TYLERTOWN 31.32N 90.24W
05/01/2004 WALTHALL MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND POSSIBLE BUILDING DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 583
IN ENON.
&&
TDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 LAZ039-040-MSZ071-077-080>082-020035- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR WASHINGTON AND SAINT TAMMANY PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AS WELL AS WALTHALL...PEARL RIVER...HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
734 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG WALKER 30.48N 90.87W
05/01/2004 LIVINGSTON LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NORTH SIDE OF WALKER.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 NE SLAUGHTER 30.82N 91.02W
05/01/2004 EAST FELICIANA LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 957 EAST OF ETHEL.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG CLINTON 30.86N 91.01W
05/01/2004 EAST FELICIANA LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN ACROSS FROM CHARLET FUNERAL HOME IN CLINTON.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S NORWOOD 30.91N 91.11W
05/01/2004 EAST FELICIANA LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WILSON.
&&
JVPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
749 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG KENTWOOD 30.93N 90.52W
05/01/2004 TANGIPAHOA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED BY KENTWOOD POLICE.
0340 PM TSTM WND GST MCCOMB 31.25N 90.47W
05/01/2004 40 MPH PIKE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
STRONG WINDS REPORTED ESTIMATED TO BE 40 MPH.
&&
JVThe Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines along Highway 49 and destroyed a greenhouse near downtown Gulfport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 2004
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: 5396320.