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NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 10:35 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1135 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 .UPDATE... UPPER AIR ANALYSIS REVEALED A TROUGH AXIS FROM MINNESOTA TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. JET ANALYSIS AT 250MB SHOWED A JET MAX OF 100 TO 120 KNOTS FROM OKLAHOMA TO WISCONSIN. LOW LEVEL JET HAD DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO WEST TENNESSEE WITH 35 TO 40 KNOTS...20 KNOTS OFF OF SLIDELL SOUNDING THIS MORNING. LATEST VAD WIND PROFILE DISPLAYED 15 KNOTS AT 1 AND 2 KFT AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS UP TO 4KFT. 06Z GFS SHOWS LLJ SHIFTING EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME MIXING OF WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND WINDS INCREASING UP TO 30 KNOTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LLJ OVER AREA WILL INCREASE SURFACE ACROSS COASTAL WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. MARINE FORECASTER WILL INCREASE WINDS AND INSERT EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINE IN MARINE ZONES AND GRIDS. IN ADDITION...WILL MODIFY TEMPS ACROSS WEST ZONES AND RAINFALL HAMPERS HEATING. OTHERWISE...MORNING PACKAGE IS ON TRACK FOR NOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 323 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006) DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING THE COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM MICHIGAN INTO TEXAS WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND TROUGH EXTENDING TOWARD WEST TEXAS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE PRECIP WATER VALUES WERE AROUND 2.25 INCHES. IN ADDITION...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE LANE HAVE MOVED ACROSS MEXICO AND HAVE MERGED WITH THE SYSTEM IN TEXAS. AS THE FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD TODAY WE CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA. THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA WILL LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW A WAVE MOVING EAST FROM TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA TODAY AND WEAKENING. THE GFS IS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE WEAKENING. THIS COULD LEAD TO A SMALL CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. BEHIND THE FRONT...WE CAN EXPECT COOLER AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. THEN THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE GFS SHOWS THIS FRONT SLOWING UNTIL THE UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE PLAINS AND HELPS TO PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA ON SATURDAY. && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1143 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-191200- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-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- 1143 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ENDING EARLY TUESDAY AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1159 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 LAZ049-050-057-058-181730- ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST- 1159 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING AREAS AROUND LAKE MAUREPAS... AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAKE MAUREPAS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CONVENT AND LUTCHER TO JUST SOUTH OF WHITEHALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ASCENSION...AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES NEAR LAKE MAUREPAS THROUGH 1230 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1238 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 LAZ039-040-MSZ077-181830- PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY-WASHINGTON- 1238 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN... AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER AREAS OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH FROM COVINGTON AND LACOMBE NORTH TO NEAR SUN AND BUSH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON PARISH AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF BOGALUSA AND PICAYUNE THROUGH 130 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree that fell on a trailer trapping and injuring two men inside.
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