Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1994, 9:14 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1994, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1994, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTR 080215 RRA SVRBTR LAC033-037-121-080300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 914 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...EAST FELICIANA PARISH ...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BETWEEN CLINTON AND NORWOOD ...SOUTHWEST BETWEEN ETHEL AND NEW ROADS...CONTINUING SOUTHWEST TO LIVONIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO CLINTON...ZACHARY AND THE NORTH PART OF WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH WITHIN THE HALF HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY F8ROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 7, 8:35 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-046-049>070-LAZ501-LAZ502-080240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 835 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUING FROM SIMMESPORT AND OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA SOUTHEAST TO MANDEVILLE AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN SIMMESPORT AND OPELOUSAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE NORTH PORTION OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGHER WAVES ON THE LAKES...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
LAZ038>040-045-046-049>070-LAZ501-LAZ502-080240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 835 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1994 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUING FROM SIMMESPORT AND OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA SOUTHEAST TO MANDEVILLE AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN SIMMESPORT AND OPELOUSAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE NORTH PORTION OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGHER WAVES ON THE LAKES...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Concordia | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 63 min |
| May 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 39 min |
| May 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 68 min |
| May 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 31 min |
| May 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 59 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.