Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jan 29, 2001, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)

Expired

Jan 29, 2001, 12:45 PM CST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist 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 291746
SVRNEW
LAC089-093-095-103-117-MSC147-291845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1144 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA 
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM TO 17
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LUTCHER...OR FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOMB TO
  GONZALES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   MOUNT HERMAN AT 1205 PM CST
   SALEM AT 1215 PM CST
   LUTCHER...TYLERTOWN AT 1220 PM CST
   GRAMERCY AT 1225 PM CST
   FRANKLINTON...GARYVILLE AT 1235 PM CST
   FOLSOM AT 1240 PM CST

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

BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1144 AM NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM SEVERAL PARISHES 
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF TREES DOWN. A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED IN 
IBERVILLE PARISH AT 1131 AM. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS LINE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW

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 Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST, 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1055 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

PREVIOUS FCST STILL ON TRACK AS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SQUALL
LINE IS CURRENTLY MOVING EAST INTO THE WESTERN FRINGES OF SLIDELL'S
CWA. LINE OF MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. MAIN
ENERGY FROM S/W TROF IS BEGINNING TO SWING NEWD ACROSS THE  LOW TO
MID MS VALLEY. AIRMASS WAS FAIRLY CAPPED AROUND 700 MB AT 12Z BUT
SOME COOLING AT MID-LEVELS APPARENTLY MAKING HEADWAY INTO WRN
FRINGES OF THE CWA LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG LOW LEVEL SLY WINDS
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAKES FOR WINDY CONDS THROUGH THIS AFTN AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. PACIFIC TYPE FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD OVER THE ENTIRE
REGION BY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING EWD IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMTS UP TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD.

.NEW...SCA PQL-ATCHAFALAYA RVE INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN/MAUREPAS
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-292000-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL
   AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM
   CST...

A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THIS LINE MOVES EAST AT 35 TO
40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BRIEFLY ATTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE
CONDITIONS BY PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES
AND POWERLINES.

DUE TO DROUGHT DAMAGED TREES ACROSS THE AREA...WEAKENED OR DEAD
TREES MAY BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED BY WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 60 MPH.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES 3SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.