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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 4, 1990Lafourche Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1990, 9:34 PM CDT for Lafourche Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 1990, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1824 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 050236
SVRNEW
LAC057-089-093-095-050330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
934 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH...ST.CHARLES PARISH...ST.JAMES PARISH
   ...ST.JOHN.BAPTIST PARISH
 
AT 940 PM RADAR INDICATES HHAN AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN
ST CHARLES PARISH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST
AROUND 20 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLYV LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Sep 4, 8:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LAZ009-050300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
810 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 1990

...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN
AREA...

RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR INDIAN MOUND TO MONTPELIER.
MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH SOME SMALL HAIL.
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD LAST UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 9:03 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LAZ009-050400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
905 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 1990

...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINED OVER THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN
AREA...

RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORT BARRE THROUGH BATON ROUGE SOUTHEAST
TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.  MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20 MPH.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH SOME SMALL HA5IL.
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD LAST UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist65 min
Sep 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa65 min
Sep 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans65 min
Sep 4, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint James56 min
Sep 4, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary105 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.