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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 12, 20015 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2001, 9:41 AM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2001, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2001, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.1
Supercell composite: 19.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 121541
SVRNEW
LAC033-037-063-091-105-121630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
941 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST

* AT 934 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PRIDE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
  ZACHARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 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 3034 9074 3058 9030 3075 9038 3080 9045
          3090 9046 3093 9053 3100 9056 3100 9090
          3091 9097 3084 9107 3075 9107

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 Mar 12, 2:20 AM CST, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:20 AM CST, 7 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
220 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS MORNING UNTIL 600 AM
WITH AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
AND ANOTHER AREA IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. KLIX
WSR88D ALSO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AT 0755Z
NORTH OF BARATARIA BAY. SURFACE OBS AT 140 CST AM SHOW SOUTHERLY
INFLOW WINDS GUSTING FROM 20 TO 25 KT AT LOUISIANA COASTAL AND NEW
ORLEANS METRO LOCATIONS. NUMEROUS INDICATIONS OF A STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL JET AS NEW ORLEANS MOISANT AT 0755Z REPORTED A 36 MPH GUST
FROM THE SOUTH. KLIX VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWED THE LOW LEVEL JET HAD
STRENGTHENED FROM 0600Z TO 0745Z WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KT
FROM 2000 TO 5000 FEET AT 0745Z.

WITH THAT WILL KEEP FORECAST AS IS FOR THE MOST PART WITH THE ONLY
CHANGE BEING SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS FOR OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. GOING
WITH THE AVN TIMING OF THE FRONT WHICH HAS FROPA ACROSS THE NW ZONES
AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AROUND DAYBREAK
TUESDAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL HELP
THE MIXING TONIGHT SO WILL GO CLOSE TO AVN GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT
LOWS FROM MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS PERSIST FOR 24 TO 36
HOURS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS TUE INTO WED FROM THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER
50S AS THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES INTO CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND WINDS DIMINISH. THE CWA BEGINS A RECOVERY FOR THE
NEXT SYSTEM ON WED AS WINDS COME AROUND TO THE EAST AROUND DAYBREAK
AND THEN SOUTHEAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEATING.

PRELIM NUMBERS

MCB 72/54/73/49 9400   BTR 73/55/73/50 9400
MSY 73/62/72/53 9400   GPT 70/59/71/49 +600

.NEW...SML CRAFT ADZY KPQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RVR.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 7:00 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-130100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
700 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH THE UPPER LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE TROPICAL
UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

...THUNDERSTORMS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MORNING.
SEVERAL IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERN JET STREAM EXTENDING FROM
OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THESE IMPULSES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL DUE TO COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THE
MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPING WITH STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS AS SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS SWING AROUND TO THE W IN
THE UPPER LEVELS AND STRENGTHEN WITH HEIGHT.

...HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN SEVERAL HOURS WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

...ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD STAFF ACCORDINGLY FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS. PLEASE RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

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).

Local storm report, Mar 12, 7:57 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
757 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 AM    8E KENTWOOD               LA   TORNADO
03/12/01   TANGIPAHOA                     SIGHTED ALONG HIGHWAY 38.
                                          REPORTED BY WILMER FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.
k
0737 AM    OSYKA                     MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/12/01   PIKE                           REPORTED BY PIKE CD.

RJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Bernard	45 min
Mar 11, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Saint Charles	31 min
Mar 12, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	40 min
Mar 12, 1:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, West Feliciana	40 min
Mar 12, 2:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	38 min
Mar 12, 2:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Livingston	25 min
Mar 12, 3:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	34 min
Mar 12, 5:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	23 min
Mar 12, 7:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	40 min
Mar 12, 7:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	26 min
Mar 12, 8:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge	30 min
Mar 12, 8:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	30 min
Mar 12, 9:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	44 min
Mar 12, 9:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	44 min
Mar 12, 9:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	34 min
Mar 12, 10:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	55 min

Nearby

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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.