Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 8:14 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
567
WGUS54 KLIX 131314
FFWLIX
LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-121-125-131915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0063.160813T1314Z-160813T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
814 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 813 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
BETWEEN 10 AND 26 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATON ROUGE...ZACHARY...BAKER...DENHAM SPRINGS...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...PLAQUEMINE...PORT ALLEN...NEW ROADS...JACKSON...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...OAK HILLS PLACE...
ST. GABRIEL...WALKER...ADDIS...BRUSLY...
WHITE CASTLE AND LIVINGSTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3098 9180 3104 9172 3104 9165 3097 9166
3100 9164 3100 9057 3049 9057 3034 9047
3030 9056 3017 9064 3006 9096 3003 9122
3010 9146 3023 9148 3026 9159 3044 9164
3050 9175 3071 9173 3086 9182
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
043
WGUS74 KLIX 131423
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
923 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-121-125-131915-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160813T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON LA-WEST BATON ROUGE LA-WEST FELICIANA LA-POINTE COUPEE LA-
ST. HELENA LA-IBERVILLE LA-EAST BATON ROUGE LA-EAST FELICIANA LA-
ASCENSION LA-
923 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
LIVINGSTON...WEST BATON ROUGE...WEST FELICIANA...POINTE COUPEE...ST.
HELENA...IBERVILLE...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA AND ASCENSION
PARISHES...
AT 920 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE IN THE
PAST HOUR. BETWEEN ONE-QUARTER AND ONE-HALF INCH OF RAINFALL HAD
FALLEN SINCE 815 AM CDT. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATON ROUGE...ZACHARY...BAKER...DENHAM SPRINGS...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...PLAQUEMINE...PORT ALLEN...NEW ROADS...JACKSON...ST.
FRANCISVILLE...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...OAK HILLS PLACE...ST. GABRIEL...
WALKER...ADDIS...BRUSLY...WHITE CASTLE AND LIVINGSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE AT
DANGEROUSLY HIGH AND FAST-MOVING LEVELS.
&&
LAT...LON 3098 9180 3104 9172 3104 9165 3097 9166
3100 9164 3100 9057 3049 9057 3034 9047
3030 9056 3017 9064 3006 9096 3003 9122
3010 9146 3023 9148 3026 9159 3044 9164
3050 9175 3071 9173 3086 9182
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, West Baton Rouge | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 4:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 30 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 64 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension | 7 days |
| Aug 13, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 9 days |
Nearby
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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.