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Special Weather Statement, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 6:20 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 6, 2016, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
626
WWUS84 KLIX 062320
SPSLIX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
620 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016
LAZ039-MSZ077-070000-
WASHINGTON-PEARL RIVER-
620 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTIES...
AT 619 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENON TO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CROSSROADS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...POPLARVILLE...VARNADO...
CROSSROADS AND MCNEIL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3076 8934 3071 8934 3063 8982 3064 8982
3067 8985 3066 8996 3084 9015 3092 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 307DEG 12KT 3082 9001 3087 8968
$$
TDThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Helena | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 36 min |
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.