1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 24, 2:11 AM CST, 10 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 311 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 .DISCUSSION...FAIRLY WET PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD. LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH FURTHER SOUTHWARD. AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS VERY SATURATED AIDED BY A GOOD SOUTHERLY COMPONENT IN THE LOW LEVELS. WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT ALSO CONTINUE TO DRIFT WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA UNDERNEATH A WEAK RIDGE PATTERN OCCUPYING THE LOWER SOUTHEAST STATES. WITH DIURNAL HEATING IN PLAY...THIS POINTS TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL RAIN CHANCES FOR TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SAT BEFORE THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN SOME ACROSS THE REGION. RAIN CHANCES THOUGH LOOK TO REMAIN IN THE FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEK AS A PREDOMINANTLY TROPICAL AIR MASS PERSISTS COMBINED WITH NORMAL DAYTIME HEATING LEADING TO DAILY MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART ALSO LOOK TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 89 72 89 72 / 60 30 60 30 BTR 91 73 90 74 / 60 30 60 30 MSY 90 77 89 76 / 60 30 60 30 GPT 89 75 89 75 / 60 30 60 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-251100- POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DEEP TROPICAL AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW LOCALLY STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY UNDER DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ON LARGER INLAND BODIES OF WATER. MARINERS ARE URGED TO NAVIGATE SAFELY AWAY FROM ANY SIGHTED WATERSPOUTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG...ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches caused extensive street flooding in St. Bernard Parish.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2006
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