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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 1996Washington Parish, Louisiana; Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1996, 10:46 PM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 24, 1996, 10:46 PM CST (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 1996, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Walthall County, MS

The text

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

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

Local storm report, Nov 24, 6:40 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
637 PM CST SUN NOV  24 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION......STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION.....

0537 PM    ST ROSE                   LA   TORNADO
11/24/96   ST. CHARLES                    TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
                                          48. A GAS LINE WAS
                                          RUPTURED PRODUCING A GAS
                                          LEAK. SOME MINOR
                                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
                                          REPORTED BY ST CHARLES
                                          S.O. RELAYED BY TROOP B.

0554 PM    10 E BAKER                LA   TORNADO
11/24/96   E BATON ROUGE                  A WHITE PLYMOUTH VOYAGER
                                          VAN WAS LIFTED ONTO THE
                                          ROOF OF A HOUSE AND
                                          ROLLED OFF THE ROOF.
                                          MINOR TREE LIMB DAMAGE
                                          ALSO REPORTED ON TALLOWOOD ST.
                                          REPORTED BY E BATON ROUGE
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

24

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:31 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

LAZ049-056-029-048-036-046-061-068-059-067-050-062-063-069-034-
064-070-060-037-057-058-054-040-038-065-066-039-047-035-250230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
731 PM CST SUN NOV 24 1996

...STRONG STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST...

A SQUALL LINE LOCATED FROM LAFAYETTE TO FRANKLIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 25 MPH.  STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE THIS EVENING.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST.

THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA CAN EXPECT THIS SQUALL LINE TO MOVE THROUGH
AROUND 830 PM. THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA CAN SEE STRONG STORMS AROUND
10 PM.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD WEATHER
THREATEN YOUR AREA.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEANWHILE...HAVE
A PLAN OF ACTION PREPARED IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS.

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 7:32 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

LAZ049-056-029-048-036-046-061-068-059-067-050-062-063-069-034-
064-070-060-037-057-058-054-040-038-065-066-039-047-035-250230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
731 PM CST SUN NOV 24 1996

...STRONG STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST...

A SQUALL LINE LOCATED FROM LAFAYETTE TO FRANKLIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 25 MPH.  STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE THIS EVENING.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST.

THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA CAN EXPECT THIS SQUALL LINE TO MOVE THROUGH
AROUND 830 PM. THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA CAN SEE STRONG STORMS AROUND
10 PM.

PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD WEATHER
THREATEN YOUR AREA.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEANWHILE..2.HAVE
A PLAN OF ACTION PREPARED IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Assumption, Iberville	38 min
Nov 24, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge	35 min
Nov 24, 8:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Feliciana	54 min
Nov 24, 9:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension	35 min
Nov 24, 9:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston	28 min
Nov 24, 9:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	29 min
Nov 24, 10:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	28 min
Nov 25, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	22 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.