1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jun 6, 1:00 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 200 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... NO CHANGE IN THE WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED IN THE NEAR TERM AS INSTABILITY...ABUNDANT MOISTURE...WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A MINOR MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE GULF COAST REGION COMBINE TO PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. SEA AND LAKE BREEZES ALONG WITH BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION WILL SERVE AS THE INITIATING AND FOCUS MECHANISMS FOR THE DAILY CONVECTION. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH...SO ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MORE NORMAL VALUES FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE ATTEMPTS TO BUILD BACK WEST OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 69 87 70 88 / 40 60 30 50 BTR 71 87 71 88 / 40 60 30 50 MSY 75 88 75 89 / 40 60 30 50 GPT 75 87 75 87 / 40 60 30 50 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-071100- 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 JUN 6 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 TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING... A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER...IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LEVELS. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
221 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 SW VANCLEAVE 30.44N 88.79W
06/06/2005 JACKSON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SHERIFF NORTH IF I-10 AND WEST
OF HIGHWAY 57
1240 PM HEAVY RAIN METAIRIE 30.00N 90.18W
06/06/2005 0.00 INCH JEFFERSON LA TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING NEAR CAUSEWAY AND METAIRIE ROAD
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN METAIRIE 30.00N 90.18W
06/06/2005 0.00 INCH JEFFERSON LA EMERGENCY MNGR
STREET FLOODING AROUND ELMWOOD...NORTH OF
WOODLAWN...SEVERAL AREAS ON WESTBANK
0114 PM FLASH FLOOD METAIRIE 30.00N 90.18W
06/06/2005 JEFFERSON LA TRAINED SPOTTER
IMPASSIBLE ROADS AROUND VETERANS AND CAUSEWAY
0127 PM FLASH FLOOD BARATARIA 29.72N 90.12W
06/06/2005 JEFFERSON LA EMERGENCY MNGR
STREET FLOODING AROUND BARATARIA AND LAFITTE
&&
25SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 304 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 LAZ036-MSZ068-069-062100- AMITE-EAST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 304 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 301 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CENTREVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND NEAR NORWOOD LOUISIANA...TO NEAR LIBERTY AND SMITHDALE MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR STATIONARY TO VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH THROUGH 4 PM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. OTHER THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND REMAIN AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 415 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 MSZ068-062215- WILKINSON- 415 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RETURN TO WILKINSON COUNTY... AT 412 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE OR TWO STRONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY...BETWEEN FORT ADAMS...DOLOROSA...AND WILKINSON. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD ALSO MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY THAT RECEIVED UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN EALIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... FORT ADAMS...CLARK CREEK NATURAL AREA TRAILS...WOODVILLE...AND CENTREVILLE THROUGH 515 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADS...AND SMALL STREAMS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. 22
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the attic of a house causing a fire that destroyed the home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2005
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: 5460496.