1 lightning, 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 23, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 256 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 .DISCUSSION...AS EXPECTED SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WITH THE AID OF DIURNAL HEATING AND A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTING WEST SOUTHWEST OVER THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO. THE WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH AMPLE MOISTURE...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER TWO INCHES... REMAINING OVER THE AREA. THE WETTEST DAYS ARE LIKELY TO BE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE MID/UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE WEAKENING AND BECOMING MORE OR LESS DIFFUSE. WEAK RIDGING ALOFT IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF COAST STATES LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEAK WHICH MAY ACT TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION A LITTLE DURING THAT PERIOD. THE GFS FORECASTS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH TO MOVE INTO THE GULF TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE GULF COAST STATES AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOST CONUS. THESE FEATURES MAY BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 72 89 72 90 / 30 60 30 50 BTR 74 91 74 91 / 30 60 30 50 MSY 77 90 77 91 / 30 60 30 50 GPT 75 89 75 89 / 30 60 30 50 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-241100- 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- 1100 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING STORMS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH. MARINE HAZARD... WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ON LARGER INLAND BODIES OF WATER. MARINERS ARE URGED TO NAVIGATE SAFELY AWAY FROM ANY SIGHTED WATERSPOUTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG...ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 14 year old girl was shocked by a lightning discharge while talking on the telephone. She was taken to the hospital for pre-cautionary reasons, but suffered no injuries.
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: 5531600.