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 May 29, 10:15 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1115 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 .UPDATE... SENT OUT UPDATE TO CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 350. ALSO... TRENDED TEMPERATURES DOWN FOR THE NORTHSHORE AND MISSISSIPPI COAST DUE TO RAIN COOLED AIR AND MESO HIGH BUILDING INTO THE REGION. WILL SEND OUT NEW ZONE PACKAGE SHORTLY. && .AFTERNOON DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS TO OUR N. AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY SPINS ACROSS SC TX. THIS LOW WILL MOVE NE ACROSS THE SE TX COAST TONIGHT AND INTO THE SE LA/S MS COAST. EXIT STAGE RIGHT DISTURBANCE #1 ENTER BAM...#2 BY EARLY MORNING. WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE PATTERN TONIGHT FOR STORMS TO FILL IN TONIGHT LATE AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHING AS WILL HAVE A DECENT JET COMING AROUND THE S SIDE OF THE LOW TONIGHT. WILL THEREFORE GO WITH SCATTERED POPS FOR THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER THAT NOT MUCH BREAK WITH ONE SYSTEM AFTER ANOTHER MOVING ACROSS IN THE UPPER FLOW THROUGH MID WEEK ALONG A FRONT THAT SHOULD STALL OUT OVER THE AREA LATE MONDAY. THE FAUCET IS ON...COULD CONTINUE TO GET SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH THE WEEK AS THIS AIR MASS REMAINS ON THE JUICY SIDE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 69 82 70 82 / 70 90 60 70 BTR 71 83 72 83 / 70 90 60 70 MSY 74 85 73 84 / 70 90 60 70 GPT 73 83 73 83 / 50 90 60 70 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 32
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1020 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 LAZ049-050-300425- ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON- 1020 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING ASCENSION AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS ASCENSION PARISH FROM DONALDSONVILLE TO GONZALES TO PRAIRIEVILLE AND IN LIVINGSTON PARISH FROM DENHAM SPRINGS TO THE TOWN OF LIVINGSTON WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ACROSS THESE PARISHES THROUGH 1130 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN THAT MAY RESULT IN STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1123 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>058-MSZ068>070-300500- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- LIVINGSTON-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST- ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA- WILKINSON- 1123 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 350 HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI OR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1223 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 LAZ063-064-068>070-300645- LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD- 1223 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING COASTAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS OF ST. BERNARD... PLAQUEMINES...AND JEFFERSON PARISHES THROUGH 2 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR THE COAST AND MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 141 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 LAZ034>036-046>048-MSZ068-300815- EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-POINTE COUPEE- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 141 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS EXTENDING FROM BATON ROUGE AND PLAQUEMINE WEST TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND NORTH TO THE HOMOCHITTO NATIONAL FOREST IN WILKINSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 330 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. 11
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down on Highway 1.
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