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Flash Flood Warning 115, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 13, 2021East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 82 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 13, 7:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Gardere, LASTREET FLOODING REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

692 
WGUS54 KLIX 132353
FFWLIX
LAC033-140115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0115.210913T2353Z-210914T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
653 PM CDT Mon Sep 13 2021

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South Central East Baton Rouge Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 653 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Baton Rouge, Oak Hills Place, Gardere, Westminster and Village St. 
  George.

This includes the following Interstates...
	Interstate 10 in Louisiana near mile marker 161.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3040 9116 3041 9115 3042 9113 3041 9109
      3035 9108 3033 9111 3035 9117 3039 9117

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

PG

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX59 min
Sep 13, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLIXAssumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Orleans, Pointe Coupee and 9 more5 days
Sep 13, 3:29 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX40 hr
Sep 13, 6:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge115 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.