Lightning caused damage to a home and knocked a tree onto an automobile and a home in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Lightning caused damage to a home and knocked a tree onto an automobile and a home in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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 13, 2:39 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
339 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
THIS MORNINGS INSTALLMENT OF WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIVE HAS OUR STAR SPINNING BETWEEN BILOXI AND
PASCAGOULA. THE LARGER CYCLONIC CIRCULATION SHOWS A SMALL AREA OF
CONVECTION ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWA...AND
SOMEWHAT MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE GULF. NOT A LOT OF
LIGHTNING AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY
MORNING...THINGS HAD NOT EVEN REALLY GOTTEN GOING AT 08Z...SO
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE BACK HALF OF THE SHIFT GETS A LITTLE
MORE ACTIVE CONVECTIVELY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
TODAY...88D REFLECTIVITY DATA CLEARLY SHOWED THE CYCLONIC
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF TD #5 MOVED SLOWLY ONSHORE
NEAR GULFPORT MS AROUND 3 AM. REFLECTIVITY DATA ALSO SHOWED A
BROADER CYCLONIC ROTATION ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE CWA...WITH ECHOES
MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST OVER EXTREME SW MS AND ECHOES MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OVER COASTAL LA. AT THE SAME TIME...A 593H5
HIGH CENTER COULD BE FOUND OVER THE EASTERN GULF. WEAK ANTICYCLONIC
CIRCULATION AROUND THIS UPPER HIGH WILL STEER THE REMNANT LOW
PRESSURE CIRCULATION SLOWLY INLAND INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND PROXIMITY OF THIS
REMNANT LOW PRESSURE WILL ALLOW THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO REMAIN OVER THE CWA AND AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SE LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES
FOR THE AREA. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ON SATURDAY...THE MOIST UNSTABLE WEATHER
REGIME WILL CONTINUE...BUT WITH THE REMNANT LOW FURTHER FROM THE CWA
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS THE AREAL COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHES. POPS DECREASE INTO THE 60S AND
50S...SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATE NORMS IN THE 40S. ON SUNDAY...HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT TRIES TO BUILD IN OVER THE CWA FROM THE EASTERN GULF
AS THE REMNANT LOW MOVES FURTHER INLAND AND AWAY FROM THE LIX CWA.
HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND POPS AROUND CLIMATE NORMS IN
THE 40S. BENNETT
&&
.LONG TERM...
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO RETURN THE REMNANTS OF TD 5 BACK
TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AROUND TUESDAY. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE SOME
FEEDBACK ISSUES THAT RESULT IN THE MODEL DEVELOPING NEARLY 50 KT
SURFACE WINDS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COAST WITH THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION OVER LAND. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT SOLUTION OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL GFS RUNS...BUT STRENGTH OF CIRCULATION APPEARS
WELL OVERDONE. ECMWF DOES HAVE A SIMILAR SCENARIO...ALBEIT WEAKER
WITH THE WIND FIELD...AND A LOW TRACK SOMEWHAT EAST AND SOUTH OF
THE GFS TRACK. LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE TRENDED
TOWARD ECMWF SOLUTION. CONVECTION WILL OCCUR DURING THE DIURNALLY
FAVORED HOURS WITH DAYTIME LAND POPS GENERALLY IN THE 40-50
PERCENT RANGE TAPERING TO 20-30 AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN AREAS
THAT DO NOT RECEIVE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE
NORMAL BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES. 35
&&
.AVIATION...
THE TD #5 REMNANT LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION...MOVED SLOWLY ONSHORE
NEAR GULFPORT MS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING A
COMBINATION OF LOW...MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD DECKS AS WELL AS
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TERMINALS.
AVIATORS SHOULD EXPECT PERIODS OF MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS AT
TERMINALS MOSTLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND COASTAL LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI DUE TO LOWERED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN AND AROUND
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL
ACROSS TERMINALS AWAY FROM COASTAL AREAS AND NORTH OF I-12 TO
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. BENNETT
&&
.MARINE...
THE REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE
MOVED SLOWLY ONSHORE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST NEAR GULFPORT EARLY
THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN DRIFT INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA TODAY AND TOMORROW. THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL ENHANCE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH MODERATE WINDS AND MODERATE
TO HIGH SEAS. WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST
PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WHILE EAST OF THIS POINT WINDS WILL BE MORE SOUTHERLY. WIND SPEEDS
WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FROM 15 TO 20 KNOTS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SEAS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET. BECAUSE OF THIS...SMALL
CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINES WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA. THE REMNANT
LOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND BEFORE DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE GULF COAST BETWEEN
MOBILE AL AND PENSACOLA FL EARLY NEXT WEEK. BENNETT
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 93 75 93 75 / 70 30 40 30
BTR 93 78 94 78 / 70 30 40 30
ASD 90 78 91 78 / 70 40 40 30
MSY 91 78 92 79 / 70 40 40 30
GPT 90 78 91 78 / 70 40 40 30
PQL 90 77 91 77 / 70 40 40 30
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ASSUMPTION...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER
PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER
TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER
LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...AND
UPPER TERREBONNE.
GM...NONE.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...AND PEARL RIVER.
GM...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 235 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>040- 046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-140745- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA 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- 235 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WILL CONTINUE TO AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA COASTLINES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TIDES WILL RUN ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TODAY...BUT NO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. SMALL CRAFT WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY OUTSIDE OF PROTECTED WATERS...AS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
LAZ034-046>048-131215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 617 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 ...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING EAST AFFECTING IBERVILLE PARISH...POINTE COUPEE PARISH...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH... AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NEW ROADS AND BATON ROUGE. THE STORMS ARE DRIFTING EASTWARD AT 5 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE AIRPORT...PORT ALLEN...BATON ROUGE AND BAKER THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused electrical damage to a home, and knocked down a tree which fell onto an automobile and a home in Baker.
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