Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Aug 10, 2000, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Livingston 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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WUUS54 KLIX 102314
SVRNEW
LAC005-033-063-102345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
613 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF PRAIRIEVILLE...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENHAM SPRINGS...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAIRIEVILLE...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK HILLS PLACE...8 MILES  
  NORTH OF GEISMER...9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTMINSTER AT 645 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

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 Aug 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
340 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

VERY ACTIVE NE FLOW MCS PATTERN IS ONGOING WITH TWO SYSTEMS
AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. MODEL MASS FIELDS HAVE
HINTED AT THIS PATTERN...HOWEVER...TIMING AND QPF FORECASTS HAVE
BEEN RATHER POOR. SHARPENING ERN U.S. TROUGH/DEVELOPING MID ATLANTIC
CLOSED LOW WITH AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG NORTHERLY JET WILL CONTINUE
TO SPIN UP VORTICITY MAXIMA AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE EXTREME HEAT
AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY ALONG WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE AIDING THE
VOLATILE SITUATION THROUGH FRIDAY. RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS STRONG AND

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY TODAY.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AND ONE HAIL REPORT WERE RECEIVED SO
FAR IN THE MS COASTAL COUNTIES. AM ALSO MONITORING TORNADO POTENTIAL
WITH ROTATING CELLS INTERACTING WITH THE SEA BREEZE. WILL GO ABOVE
GUIDANCE IN THE COASTAL SECTIONS BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND MENTION
SEVERE TSTMS TONIGHT.

A RARE LATE SEASON COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY SOUTH TO THE MS
COAST LATE SAT AND SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH AND BECOME MAINLY A DEWPOINT
BOUNDARY ON SUNDAY. DRY AIR WILL BRIDGE ACROSS THE FRONT SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY WITH EXTREME HEAT BUILDING DUE TO NORTH SURFACE WINDS.

MCB 72/96/70/94 3310   BTR 75/96/74/95 3311
MSY 74/95/77/95 5521   GPT 72/94/73/96 5621

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

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Severe 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.