SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 109 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AFFECTING ST. BERNARD
PARISH...JEFFERSON PARISH...ORLEANS PARISH...LAFOURCHE PARISH...
PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
AT 108 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEW ORLEANS TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PORT SULPHUR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
LAKEFRONT AIRPORT...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...EAST NEW ORLEANS...POINTE A
LA HACHE...YSCLOSKEY...EMPIRE...BURAS...BOOTHVILLE ASOS...BOOTHVILLE
AND VENICE
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 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. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
CAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1101 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 630 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM AROUND WOODVILLE THROUGH THE
BATON ROUGE AREA TO NEAR HOUMA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND
AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. TORNADO
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN VERY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS MAY LEAD TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR
SHALLOWLY ROOTED TREES TO BE UPROOTED BY STRONG WINDS.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
AND TIDAL LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. SEAS NEAR SHORE OF 5 TO 9 FEET AND 9 TO 11 FEET
OFFSHORE.
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 7
TO 9 FEET ARE EXPECTED.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AS
WELL AS SOUTHERN AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHERS SERVICE OFFICE IN
SLIDELL OR TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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