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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 11, 1995Amite County, Mississippi; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1995, 4:25 AM CDT for Amite County, Mississippi; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 1995, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 1995, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 110927
FFWNEW
MSC005-LAC033-037-077-121-111315- 
  
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TO ADD EAST FELICIANA AND AMITE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 
425 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING    EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM 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 400 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AS WELL AS REPORTS FROM THE 
PUBLIC INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF A BAND OF 
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS FALLING EACH HOUR WITH 
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC 
OF FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS. 
  
WE EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT HOUR TO 
HOUR AND ONE-HALF AS THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SLOWLY EAST. THIS 
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WATERS LEVELS IN LOW AREAS AS WELL AS BRING 
STREAMS AND BAYOUS TO BANKFULL. 
  
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, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995

TIME CST      PARISH            EVENT

316 PM        ST LANDRY         TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
                                HIGHWAY 361

340 PM        AVOYELLES         LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS

415 PM        IBERVILLE         MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE

730 PM        ST JAMES          ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA

730 PM        LAKE              AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
              PONTCHARTRAIN

838 PM        ST BERNARD        PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                VIOLET

850 PM        ORLEANS           PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
                                I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS

851 PM        ORLEANS           TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
                                MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA

852 PM        ORLEANS           TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
                                SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE

855 PM        ORLEANS           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
                                REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA

855 PM        ORLEANS           WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
                                HAIL IN METAIRIE

858 PM        ST BERNARD        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
                                REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE

858 PM        ORLEANS           WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
                                IN METAIRIE

900 PM        ORLEANS           PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
                                SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE

902 PM        LAFOURCHE         LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
                                SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT

1000 PM       HANCOCK CO        METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL

1020 PM       CONCORDIA         CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
                                WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84

1039 PM       CONCORDIA         CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
                                LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
                                65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
                                A TREE

Local storm report, Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995

TIME CST      PARISH            EVENT

316 PM        ST LANDRY         TREES DOWN WITH LIMB BLOCKING ROAD ON
                                HIGHWAY 361

340 PM        AVOYELLES         LIMBS DOWN VARIOUS PARISH LOCATIONS

415 PM        IBERVILLE         MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN PLAQUEMINE

730 PM        ST JAMES          ST JAMES E.O.C. REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                IN THE LUTCHER/GRAMERCY AREA

730 PM        LAKE              AUTO WIND GAUGE REPORTED 35 KT WIND GUST
              PONTCHARTRAIN

838 PM        ST BERNARD        PUBLIC REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                VIOLET

850 PM        ORLEANS           PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG
                                I-610 IN NEW ORLEANS

851 PM        ORLEANS           TELEVISION METEOROLOGIST REPORTS LARGE
                                MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN LAKEFRONT AREA

852 PM        ORLEANS           TIMES-PICAYUNE EMPLOYEE REPORTS MARBLE
                                SIZE HAIL AT OFFICE

855 PM        ORLEANS           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
                                REPORTS HALF-INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE VISTA AREA

855 PM        ORLEANS           WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE
                                HAIL IN METAIRIE

858 PM        ST BERNARD        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
                                REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHALMETTE

858 PM        ORLEANS           WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEAR OSHNER HOSPITAL
                                IN METAIRIE

900 PM        ORLEANS           PUBLIC REPORTS ON CELLULAR PHONE MARBLE
                                SIZE HAIL ON I-10 IN METAIRIE

902 PM        LAFOURCHE         LAFOURCHE S.O. REPORTS HAIL OF VARIOUS
                                SIZE JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT

1000 PM       HANCOCK CO        METEOROLOGIST REPORTS QUARTER INCH HAIL

1020 PM       CONCORDIA         CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR
                                WILDSVILLE 3 MI SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 84

1039 PM       CONCORDIA         CONCORDIA S.O. REPORTS TREE BLOCKING
                                LA HWY 900 1 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HWY
                                65. POWER LINES DOWN. CAR CRASHED INTO
                                A TREE

Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 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 NORTH

Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:31 AM CDT, 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, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison, Jackson	62 min
Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	66 min
Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	64 min
Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	64 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	59 min
Apr 11, 4:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	59 min
Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Walthall	65 min
Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pike	4 hr
Apr 11, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	59 min
Apr 11, 8:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Amite	4 hr
Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	3 hr
Apr 11, 10:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	3 hr
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, 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 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	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, 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, 8:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge	4 hr
Apr 11, 10:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany	117 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1995 Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1995 Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.