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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 6, 2001Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2001, 12:55 PM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2001, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KLIX 061757
FFWNEW
LAC105-061945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1255 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AMITE

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 1250 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH.

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 245 PM 
WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING OF 
ROADS...SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREA ARE POSSIBLE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany2 hr
Jun 6, 10:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa20 min
Jun 6, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa30 min
Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles30 min
Jun 6, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena2 hr
Jun 6, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa35 min
Jun 6, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge3 hr
Jun 6, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist33 min
Jun 6, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington30 min
Jun 6, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa24 min
Jun 6, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany51 min
Jun 6, 2:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles, Terrebonne2 hr
Jun 6, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston115 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist115 min
Jun 6, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge115 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne3 hr
Jun 6, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines2 hr
Jun 6, 6:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Charles, Terrebonne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.