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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2012, 12:10 AM CDT for Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2012, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Orleans Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne New Orleans, LA | 2 TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER IN SECTIONS OF GENTILLY. CARS STALLED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813
WGUS54 KLIX 040510
FFWLIX
LAC071-040815-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0014.120404T0510Z-120404T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1210 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 1207 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKEFRONT
AIRPORT.
RADAR IS ESTIMATING 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE CITY AND AN
ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 2995 9006 2994 9012 3003 9012 3004 9010
3004 9005 3006 9004 3005 9000 3006 8998
3006 8991 2999 8998 2998 8999 2994 9002
$$
CABThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Apr 3, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 31 min | |
| Apr 3, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 4, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Apr 4, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Tangipahoa | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 33 min | |
| Apr 4, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Iberville | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| Apr 4, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 97 min | |
| Apr 4, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 118 min |
| Apr 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 9 min |
| Apr 4, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 67 min | |
| Apr 4, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Apr 4, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| Apr 4, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Apr 4, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 96 min | |
| Apr 4, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| Apr 4, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 93 min | |
| Apr 4, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 90 min | |
| Apr 4, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 84 min | |
| Apr 4, 8:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 115 min | |
| Apr 4, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Apr 4, 11:20 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 3 hr | |
| Apr 4, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 114 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.