Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1989, 4:23 AM CDT for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1989, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1989, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Iberia, LA | |
| May 5, 5:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Martin, LA |
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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:06 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 405 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH UNTIL 445 AM CDT THIS MORNING. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A FAST MOVING LINE FROM JUST EAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO NEAR EUNICE CONTINUING TO EAST OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NEAR 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 60 min |
| May 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Landry | 49 min |
| May 5, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 64 min |
| May 5, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena | 62 min |
| May 5, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, St. Mary | 57 min |
| May 5, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 60 min |
| May 5, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 62 min |
| May 5, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 62 min |
| May 5, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 69 min |
| May 5, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 50 min |
| May 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 45 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.