Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 10:17 AM CST for West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 11:50 AM CST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County West Feliciana Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 271616 FFWBTR LAC037-091-125-272015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 1017 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...EAST FELICIANA PARISH...NORTHERN ST.HELENA PARISH ...NORTHERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED PARISHES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO C~ROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 27, 7:31 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 731 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCLUDED IN LIGHT RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO NEAR GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE MISSISIPPI RIVER TO THE MISSISIPPI COAST. THE LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED NORTH OVER REST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO MOST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY 15 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF HAMMOND.THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 7:31 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 731 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCLUDED IN LIGHT RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO NEAR GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF THE MISSISIPPI RIVER TO THE MISSISIPPI COAST. THE LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED NORTH OVER REST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INTO MOST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY 15 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF HAMMOND.THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:35 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 835 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IT. ANOTHER CLUSTER EXTENDED FROM OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT SULPHUR LOUISIANA. THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAMMOND NORTHEASTWARD 30 MILES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCOMB AND 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMMOND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:53 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 835 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IT. ANOTHER CLUSTER EXTENDED FROM OCEAN SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT SULPHUR LOUISIANA. THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAMMOND NORTHEASTWARD 30 MILES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCOMB AND 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMMOND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:35 AM CST, 42 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 935 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA EXTENDING EAST TO NEAR TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE A LARGE AREA RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND BRETON SOUND EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:41 AM CST, 36 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-271635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 935 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA EXTENDING EAST TO NEAR TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE A LARGE AREA RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND BRETON SOUND EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 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 26, 11:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Martin | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 68 min |
| Jan 27, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Martin | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberia, Saint Martin | 65 min |
| Jan 27, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 93 min |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.