1 tornado, 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 2, 2:53 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 353 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... LOCAL RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE RIVER PARISHES OR BETWEEN BTR AND MSY. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWED A RIPPLE/SHORT WAVE OVER EAST TEXAS AND WEST LOUISIANA. ACCORDING TO INITIAL 12Z PW VALUES...HIGHEST VALUES RESIDED OVER SOUTHWEST HALF OF FORECAST AREA...MUCH DIFFERENT FROM YESTERDAYS RUNS. ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHEAST CONUS AND EAST GULF WILL KEEP A LESS MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE EAST HALF OF FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES WILL SWEEP WEST JUST NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE STRONGEST OVER THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. A FRONTAL PASSAGE SEEMS UNLIKELY AS FLOW REMAINS WESTERLY AT 5H THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GFS CALLS FOR A PASSAGE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT OUR OFFICE DO NOT AGREE A CLEAN PASSAGE IS POSSIBLE MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 64 85 65 86 / 20 20 10 20 BTR 65 86 66 87 / 20 20 10 20 MSY 68 86 69 87 / 30 20 10 20 GPT 67 82 67 83 / 20 10 10 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-031200- 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- 1138 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PATCHY DENSE FOG IS AGAIN EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado caused minor damage to the exterior of a building.
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