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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 19, 1996Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1996, 2:49 PM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 1996, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1996, 3:15 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 3:15 PM CSTHail 0.75Slidell, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa64 min
Feb 19, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington64 min
Feb 19, 1:04 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWashington56 min
Feb 19, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany42 min
Feb 19, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa66 min
Feb 19, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa65 min
Feb 19, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River30 min
Feb 19, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison62 min
Feb 19, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.