1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 23, 10:15 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1015 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 .UPDATE...HAVE UPDATED THE ZONES AND SOME OF THE SHORT TERM GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT TREND AND TO ADD TORNADO WATCH HEADLINE. SPLIT JET FLOW ALOFT AT 00Z HAS LARGE SYNOPTIC SCALE UPWARD OMEGA ACROSS THE REGION BUT CURRENTLY LACKING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. THE BULK OF ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA AND WILL REMAIN THE CASE AT LEAST THROUGH 08Z. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WITH THE ACCELERATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY RACING ACROSS EAST TEXAS THAT SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN AROUND 09Z /03 AM CST/ AND CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA AROUND 4-5 AM CST. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GENERATED BY JUST THE STORM MOTION ALONE SHOULD BE AROUND 50 MPH BUT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 70 MPH IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. .PREV DISCUSSION...OUR NORMAL SECONDARY PEAK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT. IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE NEUTRAL TILTED LOW/TROUGH OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND CONVECTION OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION UNDERNEATH THE 3H LEVEL DIVERGENCE. THE TROUGH/LOW WILL LIKELY BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT APPROACHES THE ARKLATEX REGION. GFS AND ETA FORECASTED THE JET MAX AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH TO INCREASE TO 130 KNOTS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS COAST AND THE BEST DIVERGENCE FROM EAST TEXAS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA TO MISSISSIPPI BY TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL JET AT 850MB WAS ANALYZED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN DEVELOPING 40 TO 50 KNOTS OVER WEST LOUISIANA BY 00Z WEDNESDAY. THIS MATCHES WITH VELOCITY DATA OFF OF SHV RADAR. SHV VWP SHOWED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 KNOTS FROM 1KFT TO 13KFT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM SECTOR HAS PROMPTED THE OFFICE TO LEAN TOWARD HIGHER POPS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WILL CONFINE CATEGORICAL CONVECTION TIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ETA MODEL SOUNDING AT BTR REVEALED 0-3KM STM REL HELICITY JUMPS UP FROM AROUND 100 M2/S2 00Z WEDNESDAY TO 390 M2/S2 BY 06Z WEDNESDAY. WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG...H2O VALUES NEAR 1.5 INCHES AND GOOD DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...LIFTING OF THIS AIR MASS WILL SUSTAIN STORMS ALONG THE ASSOCIATED ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY A LITTLE AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL EXIST AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PRECIPITATION ENDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR THANKSGIVING AND FRIDAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM AND DRY SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY AND RETREAT NORTH EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST CONUS MONDAY AND STRENGTHEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER GULF. EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN FOR NEXT WEEK. && PRELIM POINT TEMP/POPS... MCB 64 71 40 57 / 90 60 00 00 BTR 65 72 45 58 / 90 50 00 00 MSY 68 75 49 59 / 80 80 00 00 GPT 68 74 44 59 / 80 80 00 00 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT PQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM INCLUDING TIDAL LAKES. && 24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 345 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-241300- 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- 345 PM CST TUE NOV 23 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 THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PRIMARILY WEST OF A TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI TO LAKE MAUREPAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MPH. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LONGER LIVED AND SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INCLUDING BATON ROUGE METRO AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR TONIGHT WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. MARINE...ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
200 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM TORNADO LACOMBE 30.31N 89.93W
11/24/2004 ST. TAMMANY LA PUBLIC
TORNADO SPOTTED.
1240 AM TORNADO SLIDELL 30.28N 89.78W
11/24/2004 ST. TAMMANY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 4 INJ *** SLIDELL PD REPORTING 80-90 HOMES DAMAGED
WITH A FEW HOMES LIFTED FROM THEIR FOUNDATION IN BEL AIR
SUBDIVISION WITH INJURIES.
1240 AM TORNADO SLIDELL 30.28N 89.78W
11/24/2004 ST. TAMMANY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTS ALONG AIRPORT RD.
1240 AM TORNADO SLIDELL 30.28N 89.78W
11/24/2004 ST. TAMMANY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
DAMAGE REPORTED AT CENTENNIAL PARK.
1240 AM TSTM WND GST SLIDELL 30.28N 89.78W
11/24/2004 ST. TAMMANY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
70 MPH WIND GUST AT NWS SLIDELL.
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17The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down.
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