2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 15, 3:09 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 409 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW AN UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WITH UPPER LOWS OVER CENTRAL TX AND EAST FL. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S... HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 2 INCHES...AND LATE AFTERNOON SEA AND LAKE BREEZES HAVE AIDED IN RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE COAST. A BROAD AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER INTERESTING FEATURE NOTED ON SATELLITE AND RADAR IS A RATHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OFFSHORE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THERE APPEARS TO BE A WEAK AND BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA UNDERNEATH THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WITH NICE ANTICYCLONIC OUTFLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS. SHEAR WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD INCREASE AS THE UPPER LOW OVER EAST FL RETROGRADES WEST...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED TO SEE IF CONVECTION PERSISTS AND SURFACE PRESSURES LOWER OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. WHATEVER BECOMES OF THIS...MID/UPPER HIGH PRESSURE OVER OUR AREA SHOULD STEER THE SYSTEM WEST TOWARDS TEXAS AND MEXICO. MID/UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THINGS QUITE HOT WITH LOWER THAN NORMAL POPS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THE PATTERN DOES NOT LOOK TO CHANGE MUCH THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE MID/UPPER RIDGE PERSISTING EITHER JUST TO OUR NORTH OR OVER OUR FORECAST AREA. A MID/UPPER LOW OR TROUGH WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS THE GULF AND BRING OUR BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR OR IN THE VICINITY OF MSY...ASD...NEW AND GPT AIRPORTS THROUGH 23Z...OTHERWISE...VFR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 75 96 74 94 / 20 20 10 40 BTR 77 97 76 95 / 20 20 10 40 MSY 78 94 79 93 / 30 30 20 40 GPT 77 93 78 92 / 30 30 30 40 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 735 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-161130- 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- 735 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 10 PM. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE RIVER PARISHES BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH DEW POINTS AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH AROUND 105 DEGREES OUTSIDE RAIN COOLED AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. GREATER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STARTING ON THURSDAY SHOULD ALLOW FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND THUS LOWER HEAT INDICES THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER MOST OF THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
610 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 3 NE JEAN LAFITTE 29.78N 90.07W
08/15/2006 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON LA BROADCAST MEDIA
ALSO REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD AND TREE BRANCHES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 3134 NEAR CROWN POINT.
0553 PM HAIL GONZALES 30.22N 90.92W
08/15/2006 E0.25 INCH ASCENSION LA BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
PGRIGSBYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
617 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 3 NE JEAN LAFITTE 29.78N 90.07W
08/15/2006 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON LA BROADCAST MEDIA
ALSO REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD AND TREE BRANCHES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 3134 NEAR CROWN POINT.
0549 PM HAIL SORRENTO 30.19N 90.87W
08/15/2006 E0.50 INCH ASCENSION LA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0553 PM HAIL GONZALES 30.22N 90.92W
08/15/2006 E0.25 INCH ASCENSION LA BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
PGRIGSBYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 633 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 LAZ059-067-160000- LOWER LAFOURCHE-UPPER LAFOURCHE- 633 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF RACELAND AND LOCKPORT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS RACELAND AND LOCKPORT THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 637 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 LAZ050-160015- LIVINGSTON- 637 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON PARISH... AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KILLIAN IN SOUTHEAST LIVINGSTON PARISH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT KILLIAN AND WHITEHALL THROUGH 715 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 714 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 LAZ049-057-058-160045- ASCENSION-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST- 714 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MAUREPAS... AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MAUREPAS FROM SOUTH OF WHITEHALL TO JUST EAST OF LUTCHER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND LUTCHER... SORRENTO...AND GARYVILLE THROUGH 745 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 925 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 MSZ081-082-160330- HARRISON-JACKSON- 925 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING COASTAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM SOUTH OF LUCEDALE TO WIGGINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 11 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING... THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE THROUGH AREAS AROUND VANCLEAVE...PASCAGOULA... SAUCIER...GULFPORT...AND BILOXI.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down is various areas of the county.
Trees were blown down in various areas of the county. In Pascagoula, a woman suffered injuries to her foot and ankle when a large oak tree branch was blown down and crashed into her travel trailer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, 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: 5531596, 5531597.