Scattered thunderstorms develop along and in advance of a weak cold front that moved south across southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms develop along and in advance of a weak cold front that moved south across southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi.
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 14, 2:11 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 311 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. && .DISCUSSION... THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE COAST OVER NIGHT TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA...CONVECTION OVER LAND AREAS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. BEHIND THE FRONT...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA UNDERNEATH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. FOR COASTAL AREAS...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE STALLED FRONT ON TUESDAY. WITH THE RIDGE IN FULL CONTROL OF THE REGIONAL WEATHER...THE DRY AIRMASS AND LIMITED CONVECTION WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH SILENT 10 POPS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. DID GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING ON FRIDAY SINCE THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND TO WEAKEN THE CAP AND ALLOW A FEW DIURNALLY FORCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS OF SATURDAY. A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUMP AMPLE MOISTURE INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT AND BECOME MORE SCATTERED. A FEW HOURS OF MVFR VSBYS DUE TO FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR DAYBREAK AT MCB AND BTR. && .MARINE... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL NEAR THE GULF COAST WITH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THROUGH TUESDAY. BEYOND TUESDAY...GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 66 93 65 95 / 20 10 10 10 BTR 70 95 68 96 / 20 10 10 10 MSY 74 92 74 94 / 20 10 10 10 GPT 68 92 70 93 / 20 10 10 10 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && 95/DM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1034 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-151545- 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- 1034 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...LEADING TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE THIS EVENING...WITH CONVECTION CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 95/DM
LAZ058>060-141930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 134 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN NEAR RESERVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HAHNVILLE BY 210 PM NEW SARPY BY 220 PM DESTREHAN BY 225 PM BOUTTE BY 230 PM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 142 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 LAZ040-141915- ST TAMMANY- 142 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ST. TAMMANY PARISH... A LING OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PEARL RIVER TO COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE AND MADISONVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH THROUGH 230 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
236 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG HAHNVILLE 29.97N 90.42W
07/14/2008 ST. CHARLES LA EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN.
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11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 243 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 LAZ058>064-067>070-142045- LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD- ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD- 243 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT AREAS OF THE SOUTH SHORE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND AFFECT AREAS OF THE SOUTH SHORE...INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA...THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
302 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 13 S MANDEVILLE 30.18N 90.08W
07/14/2008 M34 MPH GMZ530 LA C-MAN STATION
A WIND GUST OF 34 KNOTS...OR 39 MPH...WAS MEASURED AT MID
LAKE ON THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.
&&
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 336 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 MSZ081-142100- HARRISON- 336 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE BILOXI AREA... A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BILOXI AND SECTIONS OF GULFPORT THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down a communications tower.
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