Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Nov 8, 2000, 8:44 PM CST (02:44 UTC)

Expired

Nov 8, 2000, 9:15 PM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana 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 090246
SVRNEW
LAC033-037-090315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
844 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAKER...BATON ROUGE...OAK HILLS
  PLACE...ZACHARY
  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...JACKSON

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 840 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ZACHARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SLAUGHTER AT 850 PM CST
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON AT 855 PM CST
  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORWOOD AT 910
  PM CST
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FELPS AT 915 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

AT 840 PM CST REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE BY STRONG WINDS OCCURRED 
BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW!

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 8, 3:01 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
300 PM CST NOV 08 2000

SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THU MORNING.
WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
SQUALL LINE AND COLD FRONT. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BEGIN ACCELERATING
EAST ONCE THE SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. EXPECT THE
SQUALL LINE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA...BATON ROUGH
AREA... BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE EAST INTO THE NEW
ORLEANS AREA AROUND 3 AM THU MORNING. BY THIS TIME THE FRONT AND
SQUALL LINE SHOULD BE MOVING ON RAPIDLY EASTWARD WITH WITH SKIES
CLEARING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY THU. TEMPS MAY BE A
LITTLE OFF DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. WENT PRIMARILY WITH THE
MOS GUIDANCE FROM THE MRF FOR TEMPS AND POPS IN THE EXTENDED PORTION
OF THE FORECAST. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. SEE NO
THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING EAST
AT 15 TO 20 KT AND INDIVIDUAL TSTMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST IN
EXCESS OF 25 KT. NO STRONG THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE OR TRAINING EXPECTED
TO PERSIST FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

MCB BU 054/060 040/065 042 17+10
BTR BU 055/062 040/067 044 17+10
MSY BU 058/063 049/066 049 17920
GPT CU 065/067 046/066 043 17940

.NEW...SCA PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER INCLUDING LAKES
PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS.
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.