Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1992, 4:10 PM CDT for Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1992, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Concordia Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 252112 SVRBTR LAC029-252145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 410 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...SOUTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST DEER PARK LOUISIANA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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 BHUSINESS. 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, Jun 25, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
LAZ006-008-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 205 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA NORTHEAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG MS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NEAR 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS."
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
LAZ006-008-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 205 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR AVOYELLES ...CATAHOULA...AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA NORTHEAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG MS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NEAR 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH NAREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
LAZ006-008-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 315 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR AVOYELLES ...CATAHOULA...AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS NORTH PORTIONS OF CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF VICKSBURG TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SICILY ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTOMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NEAR LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO WHITE LAKE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LAZ006-008-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 405 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR AVOYELLES ...CATAHOULA...AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HAIL REPORTED NEAR SICILY ISLAND BY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CATAHOULA PARISH... RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF FERRIDAY TO LECOMPTE AND IN ST. LANDRY PARISH NEAR GRAND GOTEAU. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.