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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 7, 2025Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2025, 2:37 PM CDT for Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 82 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
Jul 7, 2025, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2025, 3:59 PM CDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2025-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1674 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 2025-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Baton Rouge35 min
Jul 7, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX23 min
Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard106 min
Jul 7, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint John the Baptist29 min
Jul 7, 2:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles79 min
Jul 7, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWashington35 min
Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Baton Rouge35 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge19 min
Jul 7, 3:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Orleans31 min
Jul 7, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Helena28 min
Jul 7, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike31 min
Jul 7, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike31 min
Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXPike, Walthall3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.