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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 3:29 PM 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
832
WGUS54 KLIX 162029
FFWLIX
LAC033-037-047-077-121-125-162330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0069.160816T2029Z-160816T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
329 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WESTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 328 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATON ROUGE...ZACHARY...BAKER...PLAQUEMINE...PORT ALLEN...
JACKSON...ST.
FRANCISVILLE...CLINTON...ADDIS...BRUSLY...SLAUGHTER...WILSON...NORWOOD...
ERWINVILLE...MERRYDALE...SPILLMAN...BROWNFIELDS AND BATON ROUGE
AIRPORT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 9100 3099 9131 3055 9144 3021 9126
3076 9095
$$1 follow-up statement
927
WGUS74 KLIX 162219
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
519 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
LAC033-037-047-077-121-125-162228-
/O.CAN.KLIX.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160816T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEST BATON ROUGE LA-WEST FELICIANA LA-POINTE COUPEE LA-IBERVILLE LA-
EAST BATON ROUGE LA-EAST FELICIANA LA-
519 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST BATON ROUGE...EASTERN WEST
FELICIANA...SOUTHEASTERN POINTE COUPEE...CENTRAL IBERVILLE...WESTERN
EAST BATON ROUGE AND EAST FELICIANA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3099 9100 3099 9131 3055 9144 3021 9126
3076 9095
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint James and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 42 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 43 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Livingston, Saint John the Baptist | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 36 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Livingston | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Helena | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Assumption | 64 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.