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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2004, 4:59 PM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2004, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County East Baton Rouge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369
WUUS54 KLIX 052259
SVRNEW
LAC033-052330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BATON ROUGE...BAKER
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
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 3050 9118 3056 9126 3071 9108 3072 9085
3064 9094 3052 9101 3041 9118
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 28 min |
| Feb 4, 7:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 40 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Feb 4, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 27 min |
| Feb 4, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 46 min |
| Feb 5, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 66 min |
| Feb 5, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 23 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.