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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 4, 1990Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 105 min. 1 report 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
Sep 4, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1990, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
105 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 10:54 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61St. Mary, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2374 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, Lake Charles Mun, 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
2374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 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
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 050408
SVRNEW
LAC045-099-101-050445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1045 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...IBERIA PARISH...LOWER ST MARTIN PARISH AND ST MARY PARISH...
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
 
 
AT 11 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
ST MARTIN PARISH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST SOUTHWEST
AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY 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.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS EXCEEDING GALE FORCE...
ROUGH SEAS... HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

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, 2 hours 36 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, 1 hour 42 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.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 10:06 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
LAZ009-050500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1005 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 1990

...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EUNICE...MELVILLE AND PLAQUEMINE
LOUISIANA.  MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 20 MPH.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
FROM EUNICE THROUGH DONALDSONVILLE TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.  MOVEMENT
WAS WEST AT 20 MPH.

THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT OPELOUSAS REPORTED SMALL HAIL WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND GUSTY WINDS AT PORT BARRE AND KROTZ SPRINGS LOUISIANA.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH SOME SMALL HAIL.
THESE vCONDITIONS SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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 WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist56 min
Sep 4, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint James56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.