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 Mar 7, 3:15 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 315 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED UPDATED ZONES TO DROP POP TOO ISOLATED SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHATRAIN. SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTH INTO COOLER AND STABLE AIRMASS. CONVECTION HAS NOTICABLE DIMINISHED. WILL KEEP A THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ONLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FOR TONIGHT. REST LEFT AS IN. && && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM ATCHAFALAYA TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60NM AND TIDAL LAKES. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1101 AM CST MON MAR 7 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-081300- 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- 1101 AM CST MON MAR 7 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 THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY RISKS BEING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MARINE... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT WITH OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MARINE... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AND ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 18
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 224 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 LAZ061>064-070-072130- LOWER ST BERNARD-ORLEANS-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD- 224 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 THROUGH 330 PM SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. 8
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 231 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 LAZ060>064-070-072130- LOWER ST BERNARD-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD- 231 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005 THROUGH 330 PM SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST- NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE DES ALLEMANDS AND THROUGH THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME GUSTY WINDS...AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. 8
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down twenty utility poles and several trees and ripped the roof off of an old shed. A tree was blown down on top of a mobile home.
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