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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2012, 5:25 AM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2012, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.
786
WGUS54 KLIX 041025
FFWLIX
LAC051-071-075-087-089-095-041330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0016.120404T1025Z-120404T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
525 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...
KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE...
ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW ORLEANS...EAST NEW ORLEANS...
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE...
WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE...
ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE...
EAST CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAGGAMAN...
NORCO...NEW SARPY...LAKE CATHERINE...HARAHAN...DESTREHAN AND BRIDGE
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEW
ORLEANS.
&&
LAT...LON 2978 9044 2991 9053 3001 9053 3009 9045
3003 9011 3006 9003 3005 9000 3013 8986
3011 8983 3012 8965 3006 8969 3006 8972
3002 8972 3004 8981 3000 8985 2995 8983
2994 8976 2984 8983 2974 8994
$$
HILLThe 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, 12:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans | 3 hr |
| 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, 5:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.