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Areas of Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall Potential

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the central U.S. this week, persisting across the mid to lower Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast, southern Plains and portions of Texas. A heat wave over the Southwest U.S. will peak this weekend. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce flash flooding from the Delmarva Peninsula north into the Hudson Valley today and tonight. Read More >

Local Research and Studies

 

Fog

- Erickson T.,2001, Louisiana and Southeast Texas Fog Research and Modeling

 

Tropical Weather

- Landreneau, D., Satellite and Radar Imagery Movies of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons on DVD

- Landreneau, D.,2003, Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Affecting The United States:1899-2000 (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-206 (updated through 2002))

- Roth, D.,1997, A Historical Study of Tropical Storms and Hurricanes That Have Affected Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas

- Roth, D.,1997, Louisiana Hurricane History

- Roth, D.,1997, Texas Hurricane History

 

Satellite

- Wally, D.,1998, Satellite Analysis of the 05-06 June 1998 -- Severe Weather Event

 

Local Climate

- Perkins, A. and Wally, D., 1998, Severe Weather Climatology (1950-1995) for the NWSO Lake Charles Parish/County Warning Area (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-196, March 1998)

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1998, Precipitation Departures From Normal Along the Northwest Gulf Coast During Several Strong El Niño events

 

Severe Weather

- Darby, R., 1998, Southwest Louisiana Tornado Outbreak In Association with Tropical Storm Frances

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1999, Storm Assessment of the Alexandria Tornado

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1999, Storm Assessment of the January 1-2, 1999 Major Tornado Outbreak Across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana

- Darby, R. and Erickson, R., 1999, March 2, 1999 Tornado Outbreak Across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana - Storm Assessment

- Shamburger, S. and Erickson, R., 2005, The November 23, 2004 Tornado Outbreak

- Megnia, R., Humphrey, T., and Rackley, J., 2019, The Historic 2 April 2017 Tornado Outbreak

 

Winter Weather

- Shamburger, S., 2009, Snow Climatology for Southeast Texas & Southwest Louisiana

- Roth, D., 1997, A Report on the Ice Storm of 1997