Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front assoicated with a vigorous upper level system.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front assoicated with a vigorous upper level system.
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 Jan 8, 2:59 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 259 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... A POTENT UPPER TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE UPPER TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY YESTERDAY AND TODAY WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION TONIGHT AND INTO THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A WEAKENING COLD FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. A FORMIDABLE CAP EVIDENT IN THE 12Z SIL SOUNDING HAS SO FAR PROHIBITED MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...HOWEVER SOME OF THE RECENT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE JUST IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT MAY YET WORK ITS WAY INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SINCE THE BEST DYNAMICS WILL BE LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST SHORTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS WEAK CONVERGENCE PREVAILS ALONG THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL STALL NEAR THE COASTLINE BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH. THIS NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY AND FOLLOW A PATH SIMILAR TO ITS PREDECESSOR INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AGAIN IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST ENERGY WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A LOW RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OR SOME STRONG STORMS WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR AND AT LEAST MARGINAL INSTABILITY IN PLACE. A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL ENSURE COOLER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH GULF IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROUGH WHICH MAY BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH COASTAL AREA MORE LIKELY TO SEE ANY PRECIPITATION. THE COOLER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK WITH BROAD TROUGHING FORECAST OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CONUS. && .AVIATION... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT...A FEW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED VCSH IN THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THIS CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. OUTSIDE OF THESE SHOWERS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GOING INTO TONIGHT...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...AS A STRATUS DECK BUILDS DOWN TO AROUND 1000 FEET. && .MARINE... NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE BECOMING OFFSHORE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 53 65 58 72 / 60 30 30 60 BTR 54 68 59 73 / 50 30 30 60 MSY 59 70 61 74 / 50 40 30 60 GPT 58 69 61 72 / 50 40 30 60 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 11/32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 345 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-091100- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-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- 345 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ONE OR TWO STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn, damaged the roofs and siding on several buildings, and knocked down multiple trees between LaBlanc and Union Church Roads near Magnolia.
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