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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 29, 2001Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 29, 2001, 9:55 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 29, 2001, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2001, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 29, 10:15 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lacombe, LA	Several trees were knocked down including one which fell on a house.
Nov 29, 10:30 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Bogalusa, LA	Power lines were blown down.
Nov 29, 10:30 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Nicholson, MS	A few trees and and several large tree limbs were blown down.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 10.1

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The text

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

577 
WUUS54 KLIX 291556
SVRNEW
LAC103-117-MSC045-109-291700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
955 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOGALUSA
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 951 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FROM JUST WEST OF BOGALUSA 
ACROSS COVINGTON INTO MID LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...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.

LAT...LON 3079 9025 3021 9015 3029 8951 3087 8960

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 29, 3:00 AM CST, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:00 AM CST, 6 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
300 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001

ALL THE ACTION IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND LATE FALL WEATHER FOR THE
GULF COAST AFTER THURSDAY. SURFACE ANALYSIS CONTINUE TO SHOW A
STATIONARY BOUNDARY...EXTENDING FROM GREENWOOD TO VICKSBURG TO
NATCHEZ TO JUST EAST OF LAFAYETTE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA...TRIGGERING
CONVECTION OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE MAIN TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS. AS OF
07Z...850MB PROFILER PLANE SHOWED THE TROUGH FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI
TO NORTH TEXAS AND 500MB PROFILER PLANE SHOWED THE TROUGH FROM
CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. IN
ADDITION...300MB PROFILER PLANE SHOWED WINDS GREATER THAN 100 KNOTS
FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION TO SOUTHERN IOWA AND AROUND 50 KNOTS OVER
NEW MEXICO OR THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH. TO ADD...WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWED THE TROUGH BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED.

WITH THE SYSTEM STARTING TO KICK OUT...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOULD
OCCUR DURING THE FIRST PERIOD. THE AVN...NGM AND ETA ARE IN
AGREEMENT THROUGH 24 HOURS. TWO SURFACE LOWS WERE ANALYZED ALONG THE
BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
COASTAL WATERS. THE NORTHERN LOW WILL BECOME THE MAIN LOW AND TRACK
NORTHEAST. THE BOUNDARY WILL START TO SPEED EAST REACHING BTR
BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z...MCB AND MSY BETWEEN 16Z AND 20Z AND GPT
BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z. SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION MAY LINGER 2 TO 3
HOUR AFTER FROPA. WITH CONVECTION REGENERATION OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WILL CONTINUE TO CATEGORICAL POPS TODAY
AND EARLY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI COAST. SIGNIFICANT DRYING ON THE
THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM...SO CLEARING SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST...GULF COAST SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE
NEXT SEVEN DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY.

HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS TO PONDER...

MCB 065/039/060/039 8000
BTR 058/042/062/042 8000
MSY 072/049/062/045 8000
GPT 073/044/061/045 8100

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM PASCAGOULA TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
OUT 60 NM INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 5:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		45 min
Nov 29, 8:22 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		113 min
Nov 29, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	40 min
Nov 29, 10:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Nov 29, 10:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Nov 29, 12:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Nov 29, 9:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.