Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1993, 3:06 PM CST for Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1993, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1993, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Concordia Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 25, 11:53 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-MSZ010-011-251900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1150 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PN CST THIS AFTERNOON... RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING ALONG THE LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI BORDER FROM CLINTON TO NEAR LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE AS THEY MOVE ALONG. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE COAST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE TO HOUMA. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DElVELOPING RAPIDLY AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours before
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LAZ006-008-009-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 200 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 4 PM... RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CATAHOULA PARISH EXTENDING WEST TO NATCHITOCHES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH WITHIN THE HALF HOUR. ELSEWHERE...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED BETWEEN HAMMOND AND BOGALUSA LOUISIANA AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI...WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING FROM THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA WEST TO SIMMESPORT. A LARGE SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA FROM SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA TO GRAND ISLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE REVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING W8INDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 25, 2:58 PM CST, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
300 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993
TIME CST PARISH EVENT/LOCATION
1245 PM TANGIPAHOA OVER 3/4 INCH HAIL
230 PM > ST. TAMMANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON LEES ROAD
AND BURELL ROAD VICINITY COVINGTON.Special weather statement, Mar 25, 2:58 PM CST, 8 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 300 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 4 PM... RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOPE FROM BETWEEN FORT POLK AND ALEXANDRIA...EAST ACROSS THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA TO BETWEEN SLIDELL AND BOGALUSA. PATCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA FROM SOUTH OF MARSH ISLAND TO GRAND ISLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. < REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 12:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.