Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 272158 FFWBTR LAC009-280400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 400 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...AVOYELLES PARISH A RAINFALL OBSERVER IN EFFIE REPORTED 6.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE DAY WITH THE POSSIBLY OF ANOTHER 2 INCHES DURING THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS RURAL ROADS AND CITY STREETS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DOD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 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, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-272135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 230 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO MADISONVILLE LOUISIANA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AND FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARKSVILLE LOUISIANA AND TO 10 MILES WEST OF LUBERTON MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER KROTZ SPRINGS LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:44 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-272135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 230 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI IN THE NORTH TO MADISONVILLE LOUISIANA IN THE SOUTH TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARKSVILLE LOUISIANA AND TO 10 MILES WEST OF LUBERTON MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.N OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERT
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:48 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-272135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 230 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO MADISONVILLE LOUISIANA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AND FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARKSVILLE LOUISIANA AND TO 10 MILES WEST OF LUBERTON MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVERb KROTZ SPRINGS LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:29 PM CST, 31 minutes before
LAZ046-047-048-049-54-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 330 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISINA UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT... RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LAKE CHARLES TO MORGAN CITY NORTHEAST ACROSS ALEXANDRIA...BATON ROUGE... AND KENTWOOD INTO MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR JACKSON AND HATTISBURG. THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR DE RIDDER TO THE COAST NEAR CAMERON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT COANDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-053>070-LAZ502-LAZ501-ALZ501-272235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 330 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO BOGALUSA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM 10 MILES WWEST OF MARKSVILLE LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BOGUE CHITTO MISSISSIPPI AND GREENSBURG LOUISIANA OR FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 SOUTHWEST OF IT. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
LAZ046-047-048-049-54-272300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
330 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISINA
UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT...
RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
LAKE CHARLES TO MORGAN CITY NORTHEAST ACROSS ALEXANDRIA...BATON ROUGE...
AND KENTWOOD INTO MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR JACKSON AND HATTISBURG. THE AREA
WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST.
SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR
DE RIDDER TO THE COAST NEAR CAMERON.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT COANDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
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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, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 93 min |
| 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 |
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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.