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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 14, 1987Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1987, 2:20 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 1987, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1987, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Tammany 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 00:00Z on 1987-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 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 00:00Z on 1987-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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Sources

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