Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jan 29, 2001, 11:02 AM CST (17:02 UTC)

Expired

Jan 29, 2001, 12:00 PM CST

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Saint James 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.

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 291706
SVRNEW
LAC005-007-033-037-047-063-091-093-121-MSC005-113-291800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1102 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  
* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1058 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SMITHDALE MISSISSIPPI TO 3 MILES 
  EAST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   GARDERE...PRIDE AT 1110 AM CST
   GREENWELL SPRING...OAK HILLS PLACE...WESTMINSTER AT 1115 AM CST
   WATSON...WHITE CASTLE AT 1120 AM CST
   CARVILLE...DARLINGTON...PIERRE PART AT 1125 AM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SQUALL LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND 
GUSTS CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWERLINES...STAY INDOORS AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

AT 1043 AM...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 77 NEAR GROSSE 
TETE. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT 
AT 1054 AM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
O=FFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

LAT...LON 3143 9079 2973 9160 2976 9102 3099 9059
          3136 9025

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST, 7 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.