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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 8, 2024Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2024, 3:02 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 96 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2024, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2024, 4:38 PM CST
In force: 96 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 8, 12:32 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 12:32 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
150 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

LAZ066-082015-
Lower Terrebonne LA-
150 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TERREBONNE PARISH THROUGH 215 PM CST
...

At 150 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles west of Cocodrie, or 30 miles southwest of Houma, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dulac, Montegut, Chauvin, Cocodrie, and Lumcon Center Buoy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 2914 9095 2915 9098 2915 9101 2920 9106
      2955 9066 2955 9062 2937 9044 2909 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 229DEG 42KT 2919 9093

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Zeringue

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:39 PM CST, 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
239 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

LAZ037-071-MSZ069-082115-
St. Helena LA-Northern Tangipahoa LA-Amite MS-
239 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN ST.
HELENA, NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CST
...

At 239 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Easleyville, or near Greensburg, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Kentwood, Gillsburg, and Easleyville.

This includes Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 59 and
65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for southeastern
Louisiana...and southern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3109 9063 3102 9054 3100 9054 3100 9052
      3092 9043 3084 9075 3093 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 237DEG 31KT 3092 9072

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Zeringue

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:59 PM CST, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
259 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

LAZ068-069-082130-
Lower Plaquemines LA-Coastal Jefferson LA-
259 PM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISHES THROUGH 330 PM CST
...

At 259 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of Myrtle Grove, or 17 miles east of Galliano, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Port Sulphur, Pointe A La Hache, and Myrtle Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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 2939 9003 2943 9002 2944 9004 2946 9004
      2946 9007 2947 9008 2946 9011 2954 9015
      2973 8977 2960 8962 2959 8968 2952 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 244DEG 49KT 2950 9002

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Zeringue

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 3:28 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		53 hr
Mar 8, 1:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Terrebonne	25 min
Mar 8, 2:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Terrebonne	40 min
Mar 8, 2:26 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		42 hr
Mar 8, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche	40 min
Mar 8, 2:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Helena	36 min
Mar 8, 2:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson	31 min
Mar 8, 3:51 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		54 min
Mar 8, 4:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Washington	114 min
Mar 8, 4:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson	29 min
Mar 8, 5:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard	100 min
Mar 8, 3:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	46 min
Mar 8, 5:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	45 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.