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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 12, 1997Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1997, 6:01 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 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
Apr 12, 1997, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 121102 RRA
SVRNEW
LAC103-121130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
601 AM CDT SAT APR 12 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH
 
AT 558 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY APPROACHING SQUALL LINE MOVING
ACROSS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TOWARDS THE LACOMBE AND SLIDELL AREAS. THIS
LINE WAS MOVING AT 60 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLY
EXCEEDING 60 MPH.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SQUALL LINE FROM MANDEVILLE TO SLIDELL
SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES WHILE THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge35 min
Apr 12, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston40 min

Nearby

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

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.