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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 24, 2021Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2021, 2:16 AM CDT for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 14 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
Mar 24, 2021, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jefferson Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

870 
WUUS54 KLIX 240716
SVRLIX
LAC051-240730-
/O.NEW.KLIX.SV.W.0016.210324T0716Z-210324T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
216 AM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Jefferson Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 230 AM CDT.

* At 216 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
  Leeville, or 20 miles southeast of Galliano, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Grand Isle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2925 8998 2930 8998 2932 8999 2933 8997
      2928 8997 2928 8994 2929 8993 2924 8997
      2920 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 259DEG 40KT 2923 9006 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles5 hr
Mar 23, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX64 min
Mar 24, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Mar 24, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX16 min
Mar 24, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson65 min
Mar 24, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLafourche, Terrebonne64 min
Mar 24, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPlaquemines65 min
Mar 24, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX114 min
Mar 24, 3:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTerrebonne3 hr
Mar 24, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson61 min
Mar 24, 4:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Tammany, Washington3 hr
Mar 24, 4:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX35 min
Mar 24, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPlaquemines39 min
Mar 24, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines19 min
Mar 24, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Mar 24, 2:47 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLIXAssumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more25 hr
Mar 24, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Feliciana32 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.