Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Mar 25, 1992, 10:23 AM CST (16:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 1992, 11:00 AM CST

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ascension Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1023 AM CST WED MAR 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ASCENSION PARISH...SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON PARISH
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WAS
LOCATED OVER FRENCH SETTLEMENT MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 JPROTECTION 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.

In the hours before

LAZ006-008-009-251500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
705 AM CST WED MAR 25 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
FROM SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA EXTENDING ACROSS PARTS OF AVOYELLES...
CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
SHOWN FROM NEAR VICK IN AVOYELLES PARISH TO FERRIDAY AND VIDALIA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED PARISHES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY
HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

LAZ010-013-014-251615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
919 AM CST WED MAR 25 1992

AT 915 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
IN WEST FELICIANA AND POINT COUPEE PARISHES EARLIER THIS MORNING.

RADAR CONTINUES SHOW MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST TO THE WEST OF
BATON ROUGE. IT IS LIKELY THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE
NEEDED FOR TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON AND ST TAMMANY PARISHES WITHIN THE
NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

A SEVERE rTHUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.