2 products issued by NWS for: New Orleans LA
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 341 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009 LAZ034>038-046>050-056>070-MSZ068-069-211200- POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA... ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER... HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...PORT ALLEN... ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE... DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE... PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE... THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE... KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET... HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO... CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY... CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY 341 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009 .NOW... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...POSSIBLY CONTAINING A RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL REACH THE HOUMA...THIBODAUX AND BATON ROUGE AREAS BY 5 AM...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA BY 6 AM. HOURLY RAIN AMOUNTS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY ONCE THE STEADY RAIN MOVES INTO AN AREA. $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 807 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2009 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-211100- 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- 807 PM CST FRI NOV 20 2009 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 WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING AND ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND SHOWERS AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST DURING THE NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST TO NORTHEAST ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY. STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY POSSIBLY OCCUR MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY...BUT DEPENDING ON THE TRACK...SOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY PASS OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL PARISHES AND COUNTIES SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST SATURDAY. GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATES 10 AND 12. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS MAY BE NEEDED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$ 22/TD