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Tropical Storm Arthur and Heavy Rainfall in the South; Severe Weather in the Midwest

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected across portions of Illinois and Indiana tonight. Intense tornadoes, swaths of damaging gusts, and hail in excess of 2 inches in diameter possible. Tropical Storm Arthur will continue to produce strong winds across coastal Upper Texas and Louisiana tonight, as well as potentially life-threatening flooding across southern Louisiana into Mississippi. 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