Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 2000, 11:53 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2000, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2000, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLIX 081754 SVRNEW LAC103-105-081830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1153 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COVINGTON TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1230 PM CST * AT 1150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MANDEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES WEST OF MADISONVILLE AT 1205 PM CST 4 MILES WEST OF COVINGTON AT 1220 PM CST 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOLSOM AT 1230 PM CST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS 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. LAT...LON 3029 9036 3023 9016 3064 8997 3068 9024
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 Nov 8, 10:24 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 10:24 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1030 AM CST NOV 08 2000 FORECAST ON TRACK. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO ADJUST FOR THREAT OF SVR OVER THE CWA AHEAD OF THE SQLN. WILL ADJUST THE SPEED OF THE CDFNT TO MOVE IT A LITTLE FASTER BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOULD SEE SOME ACCELERATION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THU. MAY INTRODUCE COOLER TEMPS FOR THE OUTLOOK PD. .NEW...SCA PASCAGOULA TO A TCHAFALAYA RIVER...INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. LA...NONE. MS...NONE. 17
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 6:30 AM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-081630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 630 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000 ...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREATEN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS THE REGION TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS MAY AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE ALONG WITH FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR TO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH CATEGORY WITH A FEW AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB-SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE).
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 9:48 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-090000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA 1000 AM CST TUE NOV 7 2000 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM A SQUALL LINE ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TONIGHT...AND ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... HEAVY RAINFALL..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE AND MAY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB-SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LOWER CASE).
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 12:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 8, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 29 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.