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Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. Read More >

Tropical Storm Gordon


 

 

 

POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...TROPICAL STORM GORDON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
315PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018

NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH GORDON
OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA.

MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL

LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON
ROUGE...IBERVILLE...JEFFERSON...LAFOURCHE...LIVINGSTON...ORLEANS...
PLAQUEMINES...ST. BERNARD...ST. CHARLES...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE 
BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST 
BATON ROUGE


A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)  (UTC)
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KPQL-PASCAGOULA AIRPORT
30.46 -88.53   1000.3 04/2206   070/033  05/0247   080/049 04/0205 

KNEW-NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT
30.04 -90.03   1012.5 05/0234   020/025  04/1736   360/032 04/1731


NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS... 
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)  (UTC)
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FCMP T2 - PASCAGOULA
30.34 -88.56   1002.6 05/0346   017/038  05/0316   017/052 05/0316


B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)   (UTC)   (DIR/KT)  (UTC)
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PTBM6 - NOAA C-MAN PETIT BOIS ISLAND
30.21 -88.51   1002   05/0254   360/051  05/0242   360/064 05/0242
                                 4.6M

GDXM6 - NOAA/NERRS GRAND BAY
30.36 -88.42   1001   05/0330   070/034  05/0315   
                                 4.5M

XSHI - WEATHERFLOW SHIP ISLAND
30.23 -88.98   1009.5 05/0259   011/027  05/0259   013/034 05/0254
                                 12.0M

KMIS - MAIN PASS 140B AWOS
29.30 -88.84                    070/030  04/1835   140/035 04/1215
                                 85.0M

KVKY - MAIN PASS 289C AWOS      
29.25 -88.44                    080/032  04/1835   090/035 04/1535
                                 115M

42040 - LUKE OFFSHORE TEST PLATFORM  
29.21 -88.23   1010.5  04/2340  ---/029  04/1421   080/035 04/1430
                               4.0M 1MIN

KDLP - WEST DELTA 27A AWOS
29.12 -89.55                    080/022  04/1715   080/033 04/1715
                                 34.7M   


C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC SEP 04 UNTIL 1200 UTC SEP 06
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CITY/TOWN                    COUNTY               ID         RAINFALL
LAT LON                                                       (IN)   
DEG DECIMAL
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NO RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 3 INCHES


D. INLAND FLOODING...
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NO INLAND FLOODING


E. MAXIMUM OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (WL)...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G
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ID     CITY/TOWN       COUNTY     STATE  WL  DATUM  DATE/   SOURCE   
       OR LOCATION                      (FT)        TIME
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PNLM6  G PASCAGOULA    JACKSON     MS   2.05  MHHW 05/1000  NOAA/NOS
30.37 -88.56

WYCM6  G WAVELAND      HANCOCK     MS   1.86  MHHW 05/1130  NOAA/NOS
30.33 -89.33

SHBL1  G SHELL BEACH   ST. BERNARD LA   2.39  MHHW 04/1436  NOAA/NOS
29.87 -89.67

GISL1  G GRAND ISLE    JEFFERSON   LA   1.34  MHHW 05/1100  NOAA/NOS
29.26 -89.96      

F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN              COUNTY           DATE/         EF SCALE 
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL                          TIME(UTC)    (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION                                                          
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NO TORNADOES REPORTED


G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY            DEATHS           INJURIES             EVACUATIONS  
DESCRIPTION
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JACKSON             0                  0                    NONE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTY. A FEW POWER POLES AND 
LINES DOWNED, PRIMARILY BY TREES FALLING ON THEM. DAMAGE TO A FEW 
MOBILE HOMES, WITH TREES FALLING ON TWO. APPROX 6000 POWER OUTAGES 
AT THE PEAK. 88 CITIZENS WERE HOUSED IN 2 SHELTERS.

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