1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Feb 2, 3:28 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 328 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... STRONG TO SEVERE WX MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING. UPPER LOW WITH A VERY STRONG ROTATION TO IT WILL QUICKLY JET TO THE EAST THEN NE TODAY. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT BRINGING THE DRY COOLER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA SATURDAY. THIS WILL NOT LAST LONG AS ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL DROP TO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF ON MONDAY. HARD TO SAY JUST YET WHICH SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WE WILL BE ON AS IT MOVES THROUGH. CURRENTLY...MODELS ADVERTISING US TO STAY ON THE NORTH SIDE BUT THE LOW DOES MOVE RATHER CLOSE TO SE LA. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS SITUATION AS A LOT OF COLD AIR WILL FILTER DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. CHANCE OF WINTRY MIX LOOKS TO STAY IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN. SIMPLY LOOKS TO BE A COLD RAIN EVENT ATTM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 71 51 70 42 / 30 10 20 20 BTR 73 52 72 44 / 20 10 20 20 MSY 74 54 73 50 / 20 10 20 20 GPT 71 53 69 51 / 30 10 20 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 10AM LAZ037>040-049-057>070. MS...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 10AM MSZ077-080>082. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GMZ530- GMZ550-GMZ555- GMZ570- GMZ575. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 758 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-021200- 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- 758 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORMS... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE ONLY LIMITING FACTOR AT THIS TIME...IS A LAYER OF WARMER AND DRY AIR ALOFT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE BATON ROUGE TO HOUMA AREA AROUND AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST INTO METRO NEW ORLEANS FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 3 AM. THE LINE WILL THEN MOVE INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AFTER 3 AM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SQUALL LINES AND INDIVIDUAL STORMS. EVERYONE IS URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. UNSECURED TEMPORARY HOUSING AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE DURING HIGH WINDS AND TORNADOES. ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS POSSIBLE. ...MARINE HAZARDS... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AS PREVAILING WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS OR HIGHER. IN ADDITIONS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE MORNING THURSDAY ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND THE COASTAL MARSHES AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA TO PASCAGOULA. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN EFFECT THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 32
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 932 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 LAZ046-049-056>060-065>067-020530- ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-IBERVILLE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER TERREBONNE- ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- UPPER TERREBONNE- 932 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR COLLEGE STATION TEXAS IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS SOUTH LOUISIANA. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND WARM FRONT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE COASTAL PARISHES. THE LEADING EDGE OF RAINFALL AT 915 PM WAS CROSSING EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AND APPROACHING THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA. MEANWHILE...DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OFF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ARE EXHIBITING STRONG ROTATIONS ON DOPPLER RADAR PRESENTATIONS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA CAN EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGER STORMS THAT MOVE ONSHORE AND SUSTAIN THEIR INTENSITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WELL FORMED TORNADOES TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ABOUT THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN ALSO RESULT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. A PARTICULARLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHWEST OF TERREBONNE PARISH WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE NEAR POINT AU FER ISLAND AROUND 11 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS PLAN IN PLACE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. TRAILERS AND TEMPORARY SUB-STANDARD STRUCTURES ARE NOT SAFE PLACES TO BE DURING THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...IF WARRANTED. LAZ034>038-047-048-050-020530- EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-LIVINGSTON-POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA- TANGIPAHOA-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA- 932 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BATON ROUGE AND THE FELICIANAS... AT 915 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AT 30 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS DURING THE NIGHT. LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ077-080-020530- HANCOCK-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-ORLEANS- PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD-WASHINGTON- 932 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THERE IS A TORNADO THREAT MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA TIDAL LAKES BUT THE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONGER STORMS MOVING FARTHER NORTH ALONG A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT. PERSONS WHO MAY BE RESIDING IN TRAILERS AND TEMPORARY HOUSING OR TENTS SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STRONGER SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT UNTIL AFTER THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING TONIGHTS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1202 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 LAZ046-049-056>060-065>067-020700- ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-IBERVILLE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER TERREBONNE- ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE- UPPER TERREBONNE- 1202 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE SABINE RIVER IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS SOUTH LOUISIANA. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND WARM FRONT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE COASTAL PARISHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP ANYTIME NOW AS THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME UNSTABLE THIS EVENING. TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS ARE EXHIBITING ROTATION AT TIMES... PARTICULARLY AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE NEAR GULF WATERS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA CAN EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STRONGER STORMS THAT MOVE ONSHORE AND SUSTAIN THEIR INTENSITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WELL FORMED TORNADOES TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ABOUT THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN ALSO RESULT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS PLAN IN PLACE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. TRAILERS AND TEMPORARY SUB-STANDARD STRUCTURES ARE NOT SAFE PLACES TO BE DURING THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...IF WARRANTED. LAZ034>038-047-048-050-MSZ068>070-020700- AMITE-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-LIVINGSTON-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE- ST HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 1202 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 ...SQUALL LINE DEVELOPING WEST OF BATON ROUGE AREA... AT 1140 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG TO SEVERE SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH THE OPELOUSAS AREA AND PROGRESSING TOWARD THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA. STRONG WINDS NEAR 60 MPH ARE INDICATED BY ALOFT WITHIN THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS MAY RESULT FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES BEFORE 1230 AM. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STAY ALERT TO THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. LAZ039-040-061>064-068>070-MSZ071-077-080-020700- HANCOCK-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-ORLEANS- PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- 1202 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WILL BE OVERSPREADING EXTREME EASTERN LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. A SQUALL LINE OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM. STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS MAY RESULT FROM THIS SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. PERSONS WHO MAY BE RESIDING IN TRAILERS AND TEMPORARY HOUSING OR TENTS SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STRONGER SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT UNTIL AFTER THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING TONIGHTS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home causing a fire that destroyed the roof, attic and second floor of the house.
Numerous trees were blown.
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, February 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: 5492592, 5492593.