Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 8:48 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Livingston Parish, 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
988
WGUS54 KLIX 131348
FFWLIX
LAC033-063-131645-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0064.160813T1348Z-160813T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
848 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATSON...GREENWELL SPRINGS...DENHAM
SPRINGS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 843 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING
IMMEDIATE EVACUATIONS IN WATSON. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING. WATER RESCUES ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE IN AMITE.
SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN DENHAM
SPRINGS.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATSON. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING INCLUDE...
DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PORT VINCENT...GREENWELL SPRING...
SHENANDOAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
&&
LAT...LON 3065 9077 3033 9083 3033 9086 3034 9086
3034 9087 3035 9089 3034 9091 3035 9092
3034 9093 3035 9100 3065 9111
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
834
WGUS74 KLIX 131457
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
957 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
LAC033-063-131645-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160813T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON LA-EAST BATON ROUGE LA-
957 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR WATSON...GREENWELL
SPRINGS...DENHAM SPRINGS AND INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN WALKER AND
SHERWOOD FOREST...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON AND CENTRAL EAST BATON ROUGE PARISHES...
AT 953 AM CDT...LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER A LARGE
AREA. DO NOT DRIVE IN THIS AREA UNLESS YOU ARE EVACUATING FROM FLOOD
WATERS.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AREA
UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SAVE LIFE!
&&
LAT...LON 3065 9077 3033 9083 3033 9086 3034 9086
3034 9087 3035 9089 3034 9091 3035 9092
3034 9093 3035 9100 3065 9111
$$
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, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 3 more | 6 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 |
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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.