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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 7, 1986Saint Charles Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1986, 5:05 PM CDT for Saint Charles Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1986, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1986, 6:05 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boothville, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boothville, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 072206
SVRNEW
LAC089-095-072305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
505 PM CDT MON JUL 7 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 605 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES:

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          ..ST CHARLES..ST JOHN THE BAPTIST..

RADAR INDICATES AT 5 PM A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAHNVILLE
LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSI>NESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.