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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 2, 20265 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2026, 9:44 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2026-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 00:00Z on 2026-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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
Jun 2, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge28 min
Jun 2, 7:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana11 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Baton Rouge33 min
Jun 2, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAscension23 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX88 min
Jun 2, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX24 min
Jun 2, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Charles26 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX49 min
Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint John the Baptist15 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Charles30 min
Jun 2, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana2 hr
Jun 2, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans28 min
Jun 3, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXIberville, West Baton Rouge3 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.