A line of strong to isolated severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
A line of strong to isolated severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana.
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 Feb 17, 11:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1158 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2013 .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST NOW THROUGH SUNRISE THEN AROUND 15Z LOW CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WITH MOST TERMINALS LIKELY SEEING MOSTLY SRLY WINDS OF 10-15KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS. LOW CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH MOST LOCATIONS FALLING INTO MVFR STATUS BY 18Z. SHRA AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW TSRA COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT WRN TERMINALS AROUND 00Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 40 65 50 62 / 0 40 90 10 BTR 45 68 55 67 / 0 40 80 10 ASD 42 66 56 68 / 0 20 80 20 MSY 49 69 58 67 / 0 30 80 20 GPT 44 64 55 69 / 0 20 80 30 PQL 38 66 55 70 / 0 20 80 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. && CAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 607 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2013 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037- 039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-181215- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM 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 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- 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-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 607 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ONGOING FLOODING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL BRING ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL PERIODS OF RAIN DURING THE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to a house roof, garage door, and outdoor shed. Several trees were also snapped.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 448646.