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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1995, 8:25 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 111322 FFWNEW MSC005-LAC033-037-077-121-111700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TO ADD EAST FELICIANA AND AMITE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 825 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM CDT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...POINTE COUPEE PARISH ...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH...EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...AMITE COUNTY AT 815 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED 5 INCHES OVER THE AREAS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIM FLOODED FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS. DRAINAGE FROM THESE AREAS WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO KEEP STREAMS AND BAYOUS UP TO THEIR BANKS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO 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
Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
TIME CST PARISH EVENT
250 AM WILKINSON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS NUMEROUS
COUNTY MS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 24 AND 61 NORTHLocal storm report, Apr 11, 3:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 TIME CST PARISH EVENT 250 AM WILKINSON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS NUMEROUS n COUNTY MS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 24 AND 61 NORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Landry | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Avoyelles | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Tangipahoa | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany | 117 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.