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Special Weather Statement, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special weather statement at Jan 9, 2016, 12:43 AM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 12:43 AM CST (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 8, 11:36 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 11:36 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 4:35 PM CST, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 435 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037- 039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-091400- LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA- WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE- EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES- ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA- SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 435 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10/12 CORRIDOR. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS...SOUNDS...AND TIDAL LAKES. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...HOWEVER A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND PARTS OF THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY. COLDER WEATHER WILL LEAD TO A LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE FREEZE SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS NORTH AND WEST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A BRIEF LIGHT FREEZE COULD ALSO OCCUR IN SOME AREAS SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 9, 12:43 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1243 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016
LAZ034-035-090715-
WEST FELICIANA-POINTE COUPEE-
1243 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA AND
CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISHES...
AT 1242 AM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MELVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ROADS...ST. FRANCISVILLE...FORDOCHE AND MORGANZA.
LAT...LON 3098 9142 3073 9129 3072 9129 3070 9132
3067 9130 3055 9172 3060 9175 3066 9175
3067 9173 3071 9173 3075 9176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 240DEG 49KT 3067 9169The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 31 min |
| Jan 9, 4:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 5:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 27 min |
| Jan 9, 5:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Jan 9, 5:43 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 27 hr | |
| Jan 9, 6:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Jan 9, 6:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 92 min | |
| Jan 9, 6:34 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 86 min | |
| Jan 9, 7:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Jan 9, 7:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 9, 7:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 min | |
| Jan 9, 8:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 39 min | |
| Jan 9, 8:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 85 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.