Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

May 21, 1988, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)

Expired

May 21, 1988, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

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

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KNEW 211612
TORNEW
LAC105-211700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1110 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISH...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
          ...TANGIPAHOA
 
AT 1108 AM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF
HAMMOND AT STATE SCHOOL ON HIGHWAY 190. REPORT WAS RECEIVED THROUGH
THE POLICE.
 
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEGK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
825 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR
ST. LANDRY PARISH IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SOUTH
PART OF IBERVILLE PARISH NORTHWEST TO NORTH OF OPELOUSAS IN ST. LANDRY
PARISH.  ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
LAFAYETTE SOUTHWEST TO THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CROWLEY.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO POINTE COUPEE AND IBERVILLE
AND CONTINUING IN ST. LANDRY PARISH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS sCONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
945 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 1988

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
   LOUISIANA UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA
AND HAMMOND EXTENDING SOUTH TO BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND MORGAN CITY
AND CONTINUING SOUTH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY
EXTENDED FROM SIMMESPORTS TO NEW IBERIA...AND JUST SOUTH OF BATON
ROUGE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

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