A strong upper air disturbance moved across southeast Louisiana on the afternoon of the 24th. Thunderstorms associated with this disturbance produced several reports of severe weather.
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 strong upper air disturbance moved across southeast Louisiana on the afternoon of the 24th. Thunderstorms associated with this disturbance produced several reports of severe weather.
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 Jun 24, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1226 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 .AVIATION... ...18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... OVERALL...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE AT ALL OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP AFTER 19Z. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS WORDING TO REFLECT THIS RISK OF SCATTERED CONVECTION. IF AN INDIVIDUAL STORM THREATENS A TERMINAL...AN AMENDMENT REFLECTING THE EXPECTED SHORT TERM CONDITIONS WILL BE MADE. AT WORST...A PERIOD OF IFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY PASSING STORM. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL GENERALLY COME TO AN END BY 02Z AS DAYTIME HEATING WANES. 32 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 70 88 69 89 / 20 60 20 60 BTR 73 90 73 91 / 20 60 30 60 ASD 73 90 73 90 / 20 60 30 50 MSY 76 90 76 89 / 20 60 30 50 GPT 76 90 74 90 / 20 50 30 50 PQL 73 92 72 91 / 20 50 30 50 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. GM...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1124 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 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>082-250430- 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- 1124 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH TO ISOLATED COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 32
LAZ046-047-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 100 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AFFECTING WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH...IBERVILLE PARISH... AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CATAHOULA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAMAH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...RAMAH...GROSSE TETE...PLAQUEMINE...BRUSLY AND ADDIS HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL ALSO RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY ALONG AREA ROADWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 10. DRIVERS TRAVELING THROUGH THE IMPACTED AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. SOME PONDING OF WATER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 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.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down on Highway 977 in Valverda.
A tree fell on a house, and a roof was blown off of a mobile home in Innis.
Trees were blown down on several homes in Kentwood. Power lines were also knocked down. Two children were transported to local hospitals with injuries.
A local TV station relayed pictures of a fire triggered by a lightning strike at a home in the 3700 block of Rockford Heights. Time estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2014
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: 526972, 526974, 526975, 526981.