Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 1992, 10:44 AM CST for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 1992, 10:44 AM CST (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 1992, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 131646 SVRNEW LAC051-131745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1044 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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, Jan 13, 7:49 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-131500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 740 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ST.BERNARD..PLAQUEMINES.. SOUTHERN TERREBONNE..SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE..AND SOUTHERN JEFFERESON. AT 730AM WEATHER RADAR A WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF LOUISIANA AND WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED NEAR BATON ROUGE PARTS OF BRETON AND MISSISSIPPI SOUND AS WELL AS IN THE COASTAL WATER 40 MILES SOUTHEAST FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL STREET FLOODING STILL MAY RESULT FROM THESEf HEAVY RAINS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 8:44 AM CST, 2 hours before
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 840 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ST.BERNARD..PLAQUEMINES.. SOUTHERN TERREBONNE..SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE..AND SOUTHERN JEFFERESON. AT 730AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN VERMILION BAY AND HOUMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE EXTREME EDGE OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN SLIDELL AND CHANDELEUR ISLAND EXTENDING SOUTH TO OVER THE BOOTHVILLE AREA. MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSKTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 8:46 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 840 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ST.BERNARD..PLAQUEMINES.. SOUTHERN TERREBONNE..SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE..AND SOUTHERN JEFFERESON. AT 730AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN VERMILION BAY AND HOUMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE EXTREME EDGE OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN SLIDELL AND CHANDELEUR ISLAND EXTENDING SOUTH TO OVER THE BOOTHVILLE AREA. MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COAST...AND OVER THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS AND GULF. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 9:42 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-131700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 940 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ST.BERNARD..PLAQUEMINES.. SOUTHERN TERREBONNE..SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE..AND SOUTHERN JEFFERESON. AT 930AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND BOGALUSA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST BETWEEN NEW IBERIA AND NEW ORLEANS AND CONTINUING SOUTHWEST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN VERMILION AND TERREBONNE BAY. BOATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY RESULT DUE TO BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERRSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:04 AM CST, 40 minutes before
LAZ009-131700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1005 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS AVOYELLES AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MONROE THROUGH ALEXANDRIA TO EUNICE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE uAND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE.
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:35 AM CST, 9 minutes before
LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-131800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1040 AM CST MON JAN 13 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ST.BERNARD..PLAQUEMINES.. SOUTHERN TERREBONNE..SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE..AND SOUTHERN JEFFERESON. AT 1025AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND SLIDELL EXTENDING SOUTHWEST BETWEEN THIBODAUX AND GRAND ISLE AND CONTINUING SOUTHWEST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HAMMOND AND SLIDELL EXTENDING SOUTH TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BOATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAIN. LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY RESULT DUE TO BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND OVER THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 41 min |
| Jan 13, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 36 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.