1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 22, 1:59 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 259 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... STRONG MID LEVEL HIGH CAUSING STRONG CAPPING ACROSS THE AREA FROM NW TO SE(HIGH BRIDGING THE FRONT). LINE OF SH/TS WILL BE VERY SMALL IF ANYTHING. SEVERE TS ARE NOT GOING TO BE EXPECTED AFTER SUNSET SINCE MOST FORCING IS BEING CREATED BY BUOYANCY OVER OUR AREA. OVER THE LCH AND JAN AND MOB AREAS MORE DYNAMIC SUPPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVENING TS. && .MARINE... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO HOWL OVER THE WATERS AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 54 68 41 69 / 30 0 0 0 BTR 55 71 42 70 / 30 0 0 0 MSY 62 72 49 70 / 30 0 0 0 GPT 59 71 42 69 / 30 0 0 0 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI MSZ068>071. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-231100- 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 FRI APR 22 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 A COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .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. 17
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 LAZ034-230012- POINTE COUPEE LA- 614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISH NEAR PALMETTO. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LIVONIA THROUGH 715 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 32
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
712 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL LOTTIE 30.56N 91.64W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH POINTE COUPEE LA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
LBUCKLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
802 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL LOTTIE 30.56N 91.64W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH POINTE COUPEE LA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0740 PM HAIL MCCOMB 31.25N 90.47W
04/22/2005 0.25 INCH PIKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0745 PM HAIL 3 W SUMMIT 31.28N 90.52W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH PIKE MS AMATEUR RADIO
&&
PGRIGSBYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
804 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL LOTTIE 30.56N 91.64W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH POINTE COUPEE LA EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0740 PM HAIL MCCOMB 31.25N 90.47W
04/22/2005 0.25 INCH PIKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0745 PM HAIL 3 W SUMMIT 31.28N 90.52W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH PIKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
PGRIGSBYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down in the Sartinville area.
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