Isolated thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere.
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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 episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere.
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 Jul 13, 1:43 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 243 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 .SYNOPSIS... TAIL OF SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY HAS TRIGGERED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. A FEW CELLS HAVE FORMED TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12 EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA AS WELL. EXPECT MOST OF THESE TO MOVE OFFSHORE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NORTHERLY WIND FLOW HAS PREVENTED ANY SIGNIFICANT INLAND PENETRATION OF SEA BREEZE...AND AS A RESULT HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB WELL INTO THE MIDDLE 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM... LEADING EDGE OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH ARKANSAS SHORTWAVE IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 15 KNOTS...AND WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL PUT MOISTURE IN PLACE FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT ARRIVE. SCATTERED POPS FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BOUNDARY WITH DRIER AIR BEHIND IT...WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY BEFORE WASHING OUT...AND ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE OFFSHORE AT THAT TIME. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SHOULD KEEP FURTHER PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE AFTER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE THE DRIER AIRMASS...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. COMFORT LEVEL MAY NOT CHANGE MUCH...HOWEVER...AS THIS WILL ONLY ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO WARM A LITTLE MORE. HIGH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 35 && .LONG TERM... MODELS ARE TRYING TO HINT AT SOME SORT OF UPPER LOW TO SPIN UP IN THE EASTERN GULF IN THE MIDDLE OR LATE PART OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BE IN AN AREA OF WEAKNESS BETWEEN UPPER RIDGES. WITH REMNANTS OF COLD FRONT SITUATED IN THE NORTHERN GULF...A SURFACE CIRCULATION FORMING ISNT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. NO REAL CONSISTENCY WITH DETAILS YET. FORECAST MOISTURE CONTENT OF AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED CONVECTION FOR NEXT WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON LOCATION OF SURFACE AND UPPER FEATURES...HIGHER PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER FORECASTS. WILL CONTINUE WITH TREND OF TEMPERATURES REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE FLORIDA PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING. THE MOST LIKELY TAF SITE FOR ANY IMPACT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IS KGPT. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT EACH TAF SITE THROUGH MONDAY OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR CONVECTION WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. 11 && .MARINE... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL MOVE SOUTH TO NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF COAST MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING OUT TUESDAY. BEYOND TUESDAY... GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 72 92 67 94 / 30 40 10 10 BTR 74 92 69 95 / 30 40 10 10 MSY 77 90 74 93 / 30 40 20 10 GPT 75 89 69 94 / 30 40 10 10 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 335 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-142045- 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- 335 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BE POSSIBLE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH OFFSHORE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
MSZ080-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 432 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL OVER WAVELAND... AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL OVER WAVELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. 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.
MSZ081-132245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 522 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL MOVING INTO NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY... AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF SAUCIER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LYMAN BY 540 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. 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 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One person was killed and at least two others were injured when lightning struck a tree that they were standing under.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Wilkinson | 2008-07-13 | 38 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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