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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 4, 2008Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 4, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1152 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:57 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles67 min
Apr 5, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX97 min
Apr 5, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Bernard38 min
Apr 5, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne56 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX83 min
Apr 5, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX91 min
Apr 5, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX86 min
Apr 5, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX93 min
Apr 5, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX89 min
Apr 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson39 min
Apr 5, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison6 hr
Apr 5, 2:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison52 hr
Apr 5, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson4 hr
Apr 5, 7:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison34 hr
Apr 5, 7:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison27 hr
Apr 5, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison9 hr

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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.