Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jul 22, 2000, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

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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WUUS54 KLIX 222212
SVRNEW
LAC117-MSC109-222300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
511 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VARNADO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BOGALUSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSSROADS AT 525 PM CDT
  WEST OF POPLARVILLE AT 540 PM CDT
  NORTHEAST OF MCNEIL AT 545 PM CDT

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
225 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000

MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN HANDLING THE QUASI-STATIONARY LOW
LEVEL BOUNDARY IN PERSISTENCE THROUGH 48 HOURS AND BEYOND. DEEPENING
AMPLIFICATION OF RETROGRADING TROUGH AT H50 WILL INCREASE
INSTABILITY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION...SHORT-WAVE PROGRESSIONS AND
VORTICITY ADVECTION TRENDS THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL BE GOING FAIRLY
CLOSE TO AVN WHICH IS A COMPROMISE OF THE OTHER MODELS AND CLOSER TO
SHORT-TERM TRENDS.

IN THE SHORT TERM...BELIEVE THE CONVECTION WILL BREAK OUT IN
WIDESPREAD COVERAGE GENERALLY FROM KMCB-KHUM EASTWARD. AS A RESULT
WILL HANDLE WITH A REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON GROUPING TO ADDRESS
CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND SEVERITY. THEREAFTER...TEND TO COMPROMISE ON
MODEL AND CONTINUITY TEMPS AND POPS.

IN THE EXTENDED...REMARKABLY DIFFERENT PATTERN FROM TYPICAL SUMMER
WITH DEEP TROUGHING ALOFT OVER THE REGION WHICH SHOULD MAINTAIN GOOD
CHANCE POPS THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY DURING
THE PERIOD.

MCB 70/93/67/91 2615    BTR 73/92/69/91 2625
MSY 77/92/75/91 2725    GPT 73/92/73/90 2715

.NEW...NONE.
LA...XNONE.
MS...NONE.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.