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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 8, 1993Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1993, 3:09 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1993, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1993-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1982 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1993-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
1982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany66 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington56 min
Jul 8, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington67 min
Jul 8, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles68 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena69 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint Martin61 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge68 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana68 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena23 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston48 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.