Scattered strong thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Scattered strong thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall.
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 Jun 15, 3:17 AM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 417 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .SHORT TERM... STRONG LINE OF TS DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK DENSITY GRADIENT CREATED BY DEW POINT DISCONTINUITIES. THE BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE TO NATCHEZ TO NEAR GPT OUT OVER THE GULF THEN CURVES BACK TO NEAR PENSACOLA AND ON INTO ALABAMA. THE LARGEST CONPLEX OF TS ACTIVITY IS LOCATED AT THE APEX OF THE LINE OVER THE GULF. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL OVER THE AREA WITH PW VALUES AT 2 ONLY NEEDED A REASON TO HELP CREATE SH/TS THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF TS SHOULD SLIDE OFF INTO THE GULF LATER THIS MORNING. MOVEMENT OF TS TODAY WILL BE SLOW ONCE AGAIN TOWARD THE SOUTH. TODAYS PRECIP WILL BE HELPED ALONG BY A SHARPENING UPPER TROUGH. THE UPPER HIGH OVER MEXICO WILL MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS AS STRONGER JET LEVEL WINDS MOVE AROUND THE HIGH INTO THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE THESE WINDS ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TROUGH...IT WILL CAUSE THE UPPER TROUGH TO DIG AND SHARPEN ON ITS SOUTHERN END. THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH SLOWLY TODAY AND SHORT WAVE RIDGING TAKES ITS PLACE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COMPRESSION FROM THE RIDGE IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE DRY AIR ADVECTION AT 700MB. THIS WILL SIMPLY DRY ANY MOIST COLUMN THAT PENETRATES IT. BL MOISTURE GETS TEMPORARILY FLUSHED MONDAY WITH THE ONSET OF THE SHORT WAVE RIDGE BUT BY TUE MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL FROM THE SFC TO 700MB. SO EVENTHOUGH WE EXPECT POP NUMBERS TO FALL BACK SOMEWHAT...THE MOISTURE WILL BE DEEP ENOUGH TO KEEP AT LEAST A 30% FOR TUESDAY. .LONG TERM... LOW PRESSURE AND FRONTOGENESIS BEGINS NEAR THE NEBRASKA/SDAKOTA/COLORADO BORDERS WED. THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING IN THE NVA PORTION OF THE LONG WAVE SIGNAL OVER NORTH AMERICA KEEPING IT WEAK AT FIRST. THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES INTO THE BASE OF THE EAST COAST TROUGH AND KEEPS INTENSIFYING THE THERMAL GRADIENT ACROSS THE SYSTEM CAUSING UPPER JET WINDS TO SPEED UP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS CAUSES THE LONG WAVE TROUGH TO DIG SOUTH. MODELS ARE CURRENTLY PUSHING THE TROUGH INTO FLA WHICH BRINGS AND STALLS A FRONTAL TROUGH OVER OUR AREA. THE SFC TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM HERE TO SW KANSAS AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ROCKIES. STRONG MOUNTAIN WAVES MOVE EAST OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES HELPING TO DEVELOP MCS FEATURES THAT WILL BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE SFC TROUGH AXIS SOUTHEAST THEN SOUTH. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CONTINUAL WATCH ON HOW FAR THESE FEATURES TRAVEL SINCE THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF REACHING OUR AREA THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SEVERITY BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN FOCUS. && .AVIATION... AGAIN TODAY WE SHOULD SEE AT LEAST 3 OUT OF 4 TERMINALS EXPERIENCE SH/TS ACTIVITY DURING THE DAY. TS THAT DEVELOPED THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF MSY THROUGH DAYLIGHT AND MAY AFFECT THE TERMINAL AFTER DAY LIGHT. AROUND AND OUTSIDE TS ACTIVITY...WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE VFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... NO FLAGS BUT STRONG TS WILL CREATE LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 91 69 93 70 / 40 20 20 20 BTR 92 71 95 72 / 40 20 20 20 MSY 89 73 92 74 / 50 20 20 20 GPT 88 73 90 73 / 50 20 20 20 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches from a thunderstorm resulted in widespread street flooding and the closing of some roadways. Numerous vehicles were flooded. At least 34 residences reported some damage from the flooding.
Heavy rainfall of 4 to 5 inches from a thunderstorm resulted in significant street flooding and made some roadways impassable. Numerous vehicles received flood damage. A few businesses took on water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 120500, 120505.