Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Mar 9, 2002, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2002, 4:00 PM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 092119
SVRNEW
LAC075-087-092200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
315 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 310 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A LINE OF SSEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR VIOLET TO SOUTH OF BELLE 
  CHASE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...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 2989 8996 2967 9000 2992 8953 2998 8986

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 9, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
100 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

AT 18Z COLD FRONT WAS PASSING THROUGH KMCB-KBTR-KLFT LINE. VILS IN
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS ON BOTH KLIX RADAR...WHICH
IS RUNNING HOT...AND KMOB RADAR WHICH IS IN SPECS. WILL GO ALONG
WITH AVN MOVEMENT OF FRONT NEAR A KMOB-KPQL-KBE LINE AROUND 10/00Z.
WINDS SHOULD INCREASE BEHIND FRONT AS DRIER AIR WORKS DOWN TO THE
SURFACE SO WILL KEEP WINDS UP TONIGHT AND DROP VELOCITIES OFF BY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S SOUTHWEST MS
TONIGHT AND UPPER 30S NORTH OH THE LAKE WITH LOW TO MID 40S SOUTH OF
THE LAKE AND MS COAST. WARMING TREND FOR REST OF WEEK.
NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO AREA MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY AM. WILL HOLD
OFF POPS ON MONDAY BELOW AVN GUIDANCE VALUES. TEMPERATURES SHOULDNT
SHOW A DRAMATIC CHANGE WITH THIS EAKER SYSTEM. NEAR ZONAL FLOW AT 500MB
WILL PERMIT WEA VORTS TO TRAVE QUICKELY EAST BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RAINFALL ACCUMULATION. WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT
ADVZY UP IN COASTAL WATERS INTO SUNDAY. PRELIM NUMBERE ARE:

MCB 35/62/34/66 0000   BTR 38/62/38/68 0000
MSY 46/60/45/67 1000   GPT 41/59/38/63 1000

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVZY LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS FOR THIS
    AFTERNOON AND COASTAL WATERS KPQL TO ATCHAFALAYA RVR OUT 60 NM
    VALID FOR TONIGHT.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.