An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in Harrison County.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in Harrison County.
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 Apr 8, 3:25 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 425 AM CDT THU APR 8 2010 .SHORT TERM... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A DEEP 998MB LOW OVER MICHIGAN WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH TO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DEWPOINT READINGS IN THE UPPER 50S WERE OBSERVED MCB...BTR AND PTN AT 4 AM THIS MORNING. RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE TROUGH AXIS SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWED VERY LITTLE VEERING FROM SURF TO 10KFT...ALTHOUGH BROAD ROTATION WAS NOTED IN ONE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. TROUGH AXIS AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND PRECIP SHOULD CLEAR LAND AREA BY NOON. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY...KNOCKING DOWN TEMPS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .LONG TERM... SHARP TROUGH AXIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST SATURDAY...LEAVING A FLAT RIDGE OVER EAST TWO-THIRDS CONUS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST MONDAY...THUS AMPLIFYING THE RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY CLIMB TO NEAR NORMS NEXT WEEK AND REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MSY AND GPT BEFORE 13Z TODAY AND NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST AT ALL FOUR SITES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...A LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL KEEP IFR CEILINGS IN PLACE THROUGH AROUND 16-18Z. THESE CEILINGS WILL QUICKLY MIX OUT AFTER 18Z. && .MARINE... WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO MODERATE LEVELS FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. ERGO...WILL HEADLINE CAUTION ON WESTERN LEGS. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE STEADILY INTO FRIDAY AND REMAIN AT RELATIVELY LOW LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE BECOMING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF EASTERLY FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 68 41 73 44 / 20 10 0 10 BTR 71 45 74 46 / 20 10 0 10 ASD 71 43 74 45 / 50 10 0 10 MSY 72 52 74 52 / 50 10 0 10 GPT 69 47 73 47 / 50 10 0 10 PQL 71 45 74 45 / 50 10 0 10 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1116 PM CDT WED APR 7 2010 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-090430- 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- 1116 PM CDT WED APR 7 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIVER FLOODING... MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AT MORGAN CITY ON THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND AT RED RIVER LANDING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS... A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT PRODUCING A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOW NOT EXPECTED FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA BUT WE CAN NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ONE OR TWO STORMS BECOMING STRONG WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS... THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA IN THE MORNING BRINGING SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS MAINLY EAST OF THE I 55 CORRIDOR. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RIVER FLOODING... MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AT MORGAN CITY ON THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND AT RED RIVER LANDING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. CAB
LAZ038-039-MSZ070-071-080730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 134 AM CDT THU APR 8 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AFFECTING WASHINGTON PARISH...TANGIPAHOA PARISH...PIKE COUNTY...WALTHALL COUNTY... AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLINTON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNT HERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MOUNT HERMAN...TYLERTOWN...DEXTER AND SALEM. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ballfield at Three Rivers Road Elementary School damaged. Power lines down...bleachers damaged..dugouts damaged...and wooden shed thrown over fence. Storm survey determined straight line winds of 60 mph.
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