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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 8, 1989Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1989, 10:23 AM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1989, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1989, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The radar

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

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, Jun 8, 4:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
435 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS 20 MILES NORTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MOBILE SOUND AND 30 MILES OFFSHORE. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DSEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND BATON ROUGE EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO
BETWEEN NATCHEZ AND TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
540 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN AMITE AND KENTWOOD
...10 MILES WEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI...AND 30 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MOBILE ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
615 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

ATTN SELS...

200 AM CDT...WIND GUSTS OF 66 KNOTS WAS REPORTED MIDDLE OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

225 AM CDT...WIND GUSTS OF 41 KNOTS WAS REPORTED EAST PORTION OF
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
740 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF BATON ROUGE
...NEAR WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI...AND 20 MILES EAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
...AND D/ANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston67 min
Jun 8, 6:35 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge40 min
Jun 8, 6:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena59 min
Jun 8, 7:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston65 min
Jun 8, 7:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXIberville, West Baton Rouge56 min
Jun 8, 8:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa57 min
Jun 8, 8:04 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge56 min
Jun 8, 8:21 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston69 min
Jun 8, 8:31 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWashington59 min
Jun 8, 8:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa65 min
Jun 8, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Iberville57 min
Jun 8, 9:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXWashington32 min
Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint Martin, St. Mary58 min
Jun 8, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington63 min
Jun 8, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Bernard63 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.