Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Apr 11, 1997, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Washington Parish, 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.

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TTAA00 KNEW 111732 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC117-111815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1232 PM CDT FRI APR 11 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...WASHINGTON PARISH
 
AT 1230 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
FOLSOM ON THE WASHINGTON...ST TAMMANY PARISH BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. COMMINITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INLCUDE ENON AND FRANKLINTON.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.