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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 5, 2006Iberville Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2006, 1:47 PM CDT for Iberville Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2006, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Iberville Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1688 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 Aug 5, 3:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061200-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1100 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IS DAMAGING
WINDS. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN
CAPABLE OF CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND AGAIN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG SUNDAY AND PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX55 min
Aug 5, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX92 min
Aug 5, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX97 min
Aug 5, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston26 min
Aug 5, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville, West Baton Rouge26 min
Aug 5, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington29 min
Aug 5, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington33 min
Aug 5, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana23 min
Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX59 min
Aug 5, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX24 min
Aug 5, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson15 min
Aug 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist44 min
Aug 5, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River20 min
Aug 5, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.