Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass.
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 30, 1:23 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 223 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NEW ENGLAND THROUGH ARKANSAS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI IN THE DEEPEST MOISTURE. THE PRECIP WATER ON THE 12Z JAN SOUNDING WAS 2.2 INCHES...LIX 1.9 INCHES. THIS AREA OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH WITH THE FRONT THROUGH TOMORROW...WITH THE DEEPEST MOISTURE REMAINING ALONG COAST AND OFFSHORE FOR THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT SHOULD SETTLE NEAR THE COAST AS THE ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE AREA AND DIMINISHES. WITH THIS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA...IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WEEKEND WILL NOT HAVE QUITE AS MUCH CONVECTION AS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. CHANCES FOR PRECIP SHOULD DROP CLOSER TO CLIMO FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL BE MOST PREVALENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AT KMCB DUE TO FOG AND LOW CEILINGS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 72 90 71 91 / 30 50 20 30 BTR 74 90 72 91 / 30 50 20 30 MSY 75 90 75 91 / 30 50 20 40 GPT 75 90 74 90 / 30 50 20 40 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-311100- 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- 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...DIMINISHING TO ISOLATED NIGHTTIME COVERAGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
MSZ077-302015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 233 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY... AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 32
MSZ081-082-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 245 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTHERN HARRISON AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES... AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY.....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 32
LAZ038>040-302115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 312 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...NEAR FRANKLINTON....OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOLSOM....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...FOLSOM AND ENON AT 345 PM...COVINGTON AND ABITA SPRINGS AT 415 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down between Folsom and Covington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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