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Special Weather Statement, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 2, 2021East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 12:02 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2021, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA

County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2142 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
2142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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315 
WWUS84 KLIX 021702
SPSLIX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1202 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

LAZ036-047-048-050-021730-
Livingston-East Feliciana-West Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge-
1202 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WEST BATON ROUGE...
NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL EAST FELICIANA AND EAST BATON
ROUGE PARISHES...

At 1202 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Baker, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Baton Rouge, Zachary, Baker, Denham Springs, Port Allen, Oak Hills
Place, Slaughter, Westminster, Merrydale, Inniswold, Watson, Village
St. George, Shenandoah, Brownfields, Greenwell Spring, Old Jefferson,
Gardere and Baton Rouge Airport.

This includes the following Interstates...
 Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 154 and 166.
 Interstate 12 between mile markers 1 and 10.
 Interstate 110 in Louisiana between mile markers 1 and 8.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, 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 3074 9118 3058 9086 3032 9106 3032 9108
      3055 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 303DEG 14KT 3060 9119 

$$

MSW

The office that day

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Aug 2, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Charles27 min
Aug 2, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX61 min
Aug 2, 11:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Charles24 min
Aug 2, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLivingston31 min
Aug 2, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Charles47 min
Aug 2, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPointe Coupee44 min
Aug 2, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX58 min
Aug 2, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLivingston35 min
Aug 2, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans30 min
Aug 2, 12:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Tammany25 min
Aug 2, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLivingston54 min
Aug 2, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX27 min
Aug 2, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJefferson43 min
Aug 2, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAscension54 min
Aug 2, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX56 min
Aug 2, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock46 min
Aug 2, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock28 min
Aug 2, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock35 min
Aug 2, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHarrison25 min
Aug 2, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson49 min
Aug 2, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite44 min
Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike47 min
Aug 2, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike50 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.