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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 16, 1992Saint John the Baptist Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

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