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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 26, 1999Jefferson Parish, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1999, 6:42 PM CDT for Jefferson Parish, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 88 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
Jun 26, 1999, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1999, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1999-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist117 min
Jun 26, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint James117 min
Jun 26, 1:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist117 min
Jun 26, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Charles57 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines, Saint Charles97 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Bernard97 min
Jun 26, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPlaquemines88 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.