Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

May 5, 2000, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties West Feliciana Parish, LA, Wilkinson County, MS

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 052122
SVRNEW
LAC125-MSC157-052215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
421 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 421 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES WEST
  OF WAKEFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE
  DOLOROSA
  WAKEFIELD

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
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 May 5, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
210 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SLOW NE MOVEMENT OF UPPER LEVEL LOW.
MAIN AREA OF DISAGREEMENT IS WITH THE LOWER HEIGHTS OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WILL MAINTAIN SOME THREAT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON
CONVECTION SAT AND SUN BASED ON THE FOLLOWING. LOW LEVEL SLY WINDS
WILL CONTINUE...MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S BOTH DAYS.
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENT CENTERED OVER SE LOUISIANA BY 18Z SAT AND AGAIN
BY LATE SUN...BUT WEAKER. MEAN RH AND PCPL WATER ABOUT THE SAME AS
TODAY. 5H TEMPS NEAR MINUS 12 DEGS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
EXPECT THE TROUGH AND DRIER AIR TO BE EAST OF THE CWA MON. MAY HAVE
TO BEGIN THE FORECAST PERIOD FOR...REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON...WHERE CONVECTION IS ONGOING. ALSO EXPECT PATCHY FOG TO
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AS WINDS DECREASE
TO NEAR 3 KT OR LESS.

AS TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE CWA EXPECT WE CAN DELETE THE CHANCE OF
PCPN MON AND TUE THEN MENTION AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS ON WED. EXPECT
TEMPS TO BE AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH WED.

MCB 65/87/65/87 1312    BTR 68/86/68/88 1312
MSY 70/86/69/8y8 1312    BIX 73/84/72/84 1212

.NEW...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
17

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.