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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 13, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2012, 5:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
657 WHUS44 KLIX 130917 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 417 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .PERSISTENT MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS HAVE CAUSED TIDE LEVELS TO RISE TO ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE EAST FACING SHORELINES AND INSIDE LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS...AND AN ADDITIONAL RISE OF AS MUCH AS ONE HALF FOOT IS POSSIBLE TODAY. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BRING AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAZ062-064-069-070-MSZ080-131730- /O.NEW.KLIX.CF.Y.0005.120913T0917Z-120913T2300Z/ ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- HANCOCK- 417 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR INUNDATION AND FLOODING OF LOWEST LYING AREAS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NEAR LAKE CATHERINE...LAKE BORGNE...AND BRETON SOUND. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE IS DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING ROADS NEAR THE COAST AND TIDAL MARSHES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-MSZ081-082-131730- /O.NEW.KLIX.BH.S.0003.120913T0917Z-120913T2300Z/ ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES- UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-HARRISON-JACKSON- 417 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES AND RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...TIDES AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AROUND HIGH TIDE. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDING SHIP ISLAND AND GRAND ISLE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ALONG THE GULF COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF COAST WILL EXPERIENCE WATER LEVELS ONE HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGH TIDE CYCLE ON WEDNESDAY...SO ANY CAMPING OR OTHER STAGED EQUIPMENT ALONG THE LAND AND WATER INTERFACE MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. BEACHES AND WADING AREAS OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$ 22/TD
4 follow-up statements
839 WHUS44 KLIX 131151 AAA CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 651 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .PERSISTENT MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORELINES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BRING AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAZ062-064-069-070-MSZ080-132000- /O.CON.KLIX.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120913T2300Z/ ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- HANCOCK- 651 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR INUNDATION AND FLOODING OF LOWEST LYING AREAS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NEAR LAKE CATHERINE...LAKE BORGNE...AND BRETON SOUND. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE IS DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING ROADS NEAR THE COAST AND TIDAL MARSHES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-MSZ081-082-132000- /O.CON.KLIX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120913T2300Z/ ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES- UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-HARRISON-JACKSON- 651 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...TIDES AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AROUND HIGH TIDE. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDING SHIP ISLAND AND GRAND ISLE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TIDE OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ALONG THE GULF COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF COAST WILL EXPERIENCE WATER LEVELS ONE HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGH TIDE CYCLE ON WEDNESDAY...SO ANY CAMPING OR OTHER STAGED EQUIPMENT ALONG THE LAND AND WATER INTERFACE MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. BEACHES AND WADING AREAS OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$ 22/TD
302 WHUS44 KLIX 131917 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 217 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .PERSISTENT MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORELINES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BRING AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAZ062-064-069-070-MSZ080-140330- /O.EXT.KLIX.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- HANCOCK- 217 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR INUNDATION AND FLOODING OF LOWEST LYING AREAS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NEAR LAKE CATHERINE...LAKE BORGNE...AND BRETON SOUND. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING ROADS NEAR THE COAST AND TIDAL MARSHES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-MSZ081-082-140330- /O.EXT.KLIX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES- UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-HARRISON-JACKSON- 217 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * HAZARDS...TIDES AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AROUND HIGH TIDE. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDING SHIP ISLAND AND GRAND ISLE. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE GULF COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF COAST WILL EXPERIENCE WATER LEVELS ONE HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGH TIDE CYCLE ON WEDNESDAY...SO ANY CAMPING OR OTHER STAGED EQUIPMENT ALONG THE LAND AND WATER INTERFACE MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. BEACHES AND WADING AREAS OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
493 WHUS44 KLIX 140307 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1007 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY... .PERSISTENT MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORELINES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BRING AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAZ062-064-069-070-MSZ080-141115- /O.CON.KLIX.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- HANCOCK- 1007 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR INUNDATION AND FLOODING OF LOWEST LYING AREAS OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ACROSS COASTAL AREAS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO NEAR LAKE CATHERINE...LAKE BORGNE...AND BRETON SOUND. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING ROADS NEAR THE COAST AND TIDAL MARSHES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-MSZ081-082-141115- /O.CON.KLIX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES- UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-HARRISON-JACKSON- 1007 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * HAZARDS...TIDES AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AROUND HIGH TIDE. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INCLUDING SHIP ISLAND AND GRAND ISLE. * TIMING...TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE GULF COAST AND TIDAL LAKES. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LOWEST LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF COAST WILL EXPERIENCE WATER LEVELS ONE HALF FOOT TO ONE FOOT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGH TIDE CYCLE ON WEDNESDAY...SO ANY CAMPING OR OTHER STAGED EQUIPMENT ALONG THE LAND AND WATER INTERFACE MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. BEACHES AND WADING AREAS OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
985 WHUS44 KLIX 141031 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 531 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT ARE CANCELLED... .TIDES REMAIN FROM ONE FOOT TO AROUND ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST TO THE EAST FACING SHORELINE OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND INSIDE THE TIDAL LAKES. THE ONSHORE COMPONENT OF THE WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY WEAKER TODAY...AND A SMALLER TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN LESS WATER RISE GOING INTO HIGH TIDE TODAY. LAZ062-064-069-070-MSZ080-141145- /O.CAN.KLIX.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD- HANCOCK- 531 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM ONE FOOT TO ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY...HOWEVER...THESE LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING. $$ LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-MSZ081-082-141145- /O.CAN.KLIX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES- UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-HARRISON-JACKSON- 531 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM ONE FOOT TO ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY...HOWEVER...THESE LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING. THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF COAST AND BARRIER ISLANDS IS LOW TODAY. $$ 22/TD
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 4:17 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard | 25 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Louisiana, 2012Beach Hazards Statements in Mississippi, 2012Every beach hazards statement in 2012
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.