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 Aug 15, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 254 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS WEAK CONVERGENCE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS COUPLED WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN THE AREA WAS LEADING TO SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS A DISTURBANCE AT 500HPA WILL DRIFT WEST FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA INTO LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE ETA AND GFS DIFFER ON THE STRENGTH AND AFFECT OF THIS DISTURBANCE...THE ETA HAS POPS IN THE 60-70 RANGE WHILE THE GFS HAS 30-50. FOR NOW WE WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS AROUND 40 WEDNESDAY DIMINISHING TO 30 BY THURSDAY. THE 500HPA RIDGE SHOULD BUILD INTO OUR AREA LATER THIS WEEK...COUPLED WITH HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE SURFACE...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWER POPS BY THIS WEEKEND. ALSO...AS CHANCES OF RAIN LESSEN LATER THIS WEEK BUT HUMIDITIES REMAIN HIGH THE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 105 TO 110 RANGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 74 93 73 92 / 20 40 30 40 BTR 75 93 75 92 / 20 40 30 40 MSY 77 93 78 92 / 30 40 30 40 GPT 76 91 75 91 / 30 40 30 40 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-161230- 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 CDT MON AUG 15 2005 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN WEAK...BUT A FEW LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE TOWARD THE END OF THIS WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BECOMES LOW. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 104 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 MSZ080-151845- HANCOCK- 104 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING SECTIONS OF HANCOCK COUNTY... AT 1 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED PRIMARILY ALONG TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 256 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 MSZ081-152030- HARRISON- 256 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING SECTIONS OF HARRISON COUNTY... AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN THE GULFPORT AND LYMAN AREAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and pwer lines were blown down.
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