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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 12, 2024Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2024, 6:25 PM CDT for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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: May 12, 2024, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2024, 7:19 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 1:15 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more	37 hr
May 12, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pointe Coupee	39 min
May 12, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Iberville, West Baton Rouge	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.