2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 4, 2:19 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 319 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 DISCUSSION...NOT MANY CHANGES MADE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE FORECAST GRIDS. THE 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 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS SHOULD BRING AN INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WHILE KEEPING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO SEASONAL VALUES. THE RIDGE PATTERN ALOFT THEN LOOKS TO BECOME REESTABLISHED BY THE START OF THE NEXT WEEK AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE LOWER ATLANTIC BASIN. THIS SHOULD ALLOW HIGHS TO CLIMB ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WITH RAIN CHANCES IN THE LOW SCATTERED CATEGORY AT BEST FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AS FAR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHRIS...THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAINTAINING ITS STRUCTURE. THE LATEST FORECAST HAS THE CHRIS MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE CUBA. IF CHRIS IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME CONTINUITY ONCE IT EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF..IT COULD STRENGTHEN TO 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 CHRIS MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE GULF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE COVERING THE GULF COAST STATES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 73 93 73 91 / 10 40 30 40 BTR 75 94 75 91 / 10 40 30 40 MSY 79 92 79 90 / 20 50 30 40 GPT 76 92 76 90 / 20 50 30 40 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 250 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 MSZ082-042030- JACKSON- 250 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY... AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF WADE OR NORTH OF MOSS POINT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ESCATAWPA AND OCEAN SPRINGS THROUGH 330 PM. AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THIS HEAVY RAINFALL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE DISSIPATED. 8
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
309 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL 9 E DIAMONDHEAD 30.38N 89.22W
08/04/2006 E0.88 INCH HARRISON MS BROADCAST MEDIA
WLOX TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST RELAYED REPORT OF NICKEL TO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
327 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG LACOMBE 30.31N 89.93W
08/04/2006 ST. TAMMANY LA PUBLIC
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG LA 434 NEAR LACOMBE. NICKLE
SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALSO.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
440 PM CDT FRI AUG 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM HAIL 5 SSW MCNEIL 30.60N 89.67W
08/04/2006 E0.75 INCH PEARL RIVER MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH OF MCNEIL BY
A SHERIFF DEPUTY
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE MCNEIL 30.74N 89.61W
08/04/2006 PEARL RIVER MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 11 NORTH OF MCNEIL NEAR
MILLARD ROAD
&&
25The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and large tree limbs blown down.
Tree limbs and power lines downed in the Baton Rouge area. In addition, heavy rainfall caused extensive street flooding.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5532840, 5532841.