Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 1996, 7:43 PM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 17, 1996, 7:43 PM CST (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1996, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KNEW 180147 RRA SVRNEW LAC077-125-180230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 743 PM CST SUN MAR 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH...WESTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH AT 745 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SIMMESPORT LOUISIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE INNIS..ANGOLA...AND MCCREA. 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 FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 69 min |
| Mar 17, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 1:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 2:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 35 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.