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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 14, 1999Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1999, 2:59 PM CDT for Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
Aug 14, 1999, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1999, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Pointe Coupee Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 3:10 PM CDTThunderstorm WindNew Roads, LASherrifs Office reported thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees and power lines.

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 2:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
230 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 1999

A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL LA AND MS WILL MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT
TO NEAR THE COAST AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY. DRY AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE A
FEW DEGREES COOLER. THE DRIER AIR AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL KEEP
THE HEAT INDEX BELOW 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE 500 MB HIGH OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE E INTO AR AND OK.
SURFACE HIGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE MID WEST THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. THIS WILL BEING INCREASING SUBSIDENCE OVER THE
AREA. WITH THE HIGH IN PLACE AND THE AIRMASS DRY EXPECT LITTLE
CLOUDINESS OR HAZE THROUGH MONDAY.

MCB 68/93/67/93 0000  BTR 72/94/72/94 0000
MSY 77/94/74/93 0000  BIX 77/96/77/94 0000

.NEW...NONE.
LA...NONE
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany33 min
Aug 14, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany47 min
Aug 14, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint James, Saint John the Baptist49 min
Aug 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche49 min
Aug 14, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson47 min
Aug 14, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River17 min
Aug 14, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison32 min
Aug 14, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison32 min
Aug 14, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock46 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.