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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 5, 1997Livingston Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1997, 8:43 AM CST for Livingston Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 5, 1997, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 1997, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Livingston Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 5, 8:45 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Watson, LA
Apr 5, 9:20 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Kentwood, LA
Apr 5, 9:27 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Greensburg, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 051443 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC063-091-105-051530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
843 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN LIVINGSTON PARISH...ST. HELENA PARISH
   ...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH
 
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DARLINGTON TO JUST
NORTH OF WALKER. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE KENTWOOD...AMITE...AND GREENSBURG.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 9:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	49 min
Apr 5, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.