1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 4, 2:15 AM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 315 AM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 .DISCUSSION...NOT MANY CHANGES MADE THIS MORNING TO THE FORECAST GRIDS. LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF ABOVE NORMAL MAX TEMPS WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO LOW SCT POPS. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN CONTROL OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE PREVAILS ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. THE MODELS STILL INDICATE A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE AS A WEAK UPPER LOW OR DISTURBANCE MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN. THIS SHOULD BRING AN INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WHILE KEEPING AFTERNOON TEMPS CLOSER TO SEASONAL VALUES. THE RIDGE PATTERN ALOFT THEN LOOKS TO BECOME REESTABLISHED BY THE START OF THE NEW WORK WEEK AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE LOWER ATLANTIC BASIN. THIS SHOULD ALLOW MAX TEMPS TO AGAIN CLIMB ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH RAIN CHANCES IN THE LOW SCT CAT AT BEST FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AS FAR AS T.S. CHRIS...THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAINTAINING ITS STRUCTURE...BUT STILL REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM. THE LATEST FORECAST HAS THE SYSTEM MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE CUBAN PENINSULA. IF THE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME CONTINUITY ONCE IT EMERGES INTO THE SE GULF...THE TRACK THEN CARRIES THE SYSTEM TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS NEVER EXCEEDING TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY. THE ONLY INFLUENCE FOR THE LOCAL AREA MAY BE SOME INCREASED WIND AND SWELL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE STORM MOVES WESTWARD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 96 73 93 74 / 20 10 40 30 BTR 96 75 94 76 / 20 10 40 30 MSY 94 78 92 78 / 30 20 50 30 GPT 94 76 92 77 / 30 20 50 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1145 AM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-050030- 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- 1145 AM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD...BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down along Louisiana Highway 434.
Nickel size hail was reported
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
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5532838, 5532839.