Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Apr 6, 1994, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)

Expired

Apr 6, 1994, 2:45 AM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

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LAC033-077-121-060745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
137 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
   ...SOUTHEASTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH
 
RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LIVONIA SOUTH TO WEST
OF BRUSLY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCAL LAW OFFICALS REPORTED HAIL TO
QUARTER SIZE AT LIVONIA.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
 
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In the hours before

LAZ029-033>037-060620-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1116 PM CDT TUE APR 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY
RAIN...FROM SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ACROSS EAST AND WEST
FELICIANA PARISHES...POINTE COUPEE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES.  THIS
LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL
MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THESE PARISHES
AND TO ST. LANDRY PARISH WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

LAZ029-033>037-060700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
1230 AM CDT WED APR 6 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH WEST AND
EAST FELICIANA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH HEAVY
RAIN...FROM LAKE CHARLES THROUGH THE FELICIANA PARISHES INTO SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.  THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL
HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THESE
PARISHES AND INTO WEST BATON ROUGE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.