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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 16, 20265 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2026, 3:56 PM CDT for 5 parishes in 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
Jun 16, 2026, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2026, 5:18 PM CDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2026-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1628 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 2026-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.2

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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 Jun 16, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1046 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1022 AM     Flash Flood      2 ENE Picayune          30.54N 89.65W
06/16/2026                   Pearl River        MS   Dept of Highways

            Water at least 1 foot deep on the I-59
            interstate exit at Sycamore Road.

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MEFFER
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1047 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     Flash Flood      Picayune                30.53N 89.68W
06/16/2026                   Pearl River        MS   Law Enforcement

            Picayune Police department reported that
            barricades were being placed at numerous
            roads throughout the city due to flooding.

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX59 min
Jun 16, 5:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Tammany115 min
Jun 16, 8:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Tammany2 hr
Jun 16, 8:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany35 min
Jun 16, 8:57 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany33 min
Jun 16, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge59 hr
Jun 16, 9:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston3 days
Jun 16, 9:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Tammany3 hr
Jun 16, 9:38 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX68 hr
Jun 16, 9:40 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Terrebonne38 hr
Jun 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany20 days
Jun 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 days
Jun 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXWashington18 days
Jun 16, 9:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Saint James3 hr
Jun 16, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist3 hr
Jun 16, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington5 hr
Jun 16, 12:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington and 1 more3 hr
Jun 16, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX48 min
Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX65 min
Jun 16, 2:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 1 more3 hr
Jun 16, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX27 min
Jun 16, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX26 min
Jun 16, 2:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Saint James3 hr
Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX60 min
Jun 16, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX48 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles100 min
Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 2 more117 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX55 min
Jun 16, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX56 min
Jun 16, 9:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River4 hr
Jun 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall26 hr
Jun 16, 11:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River3 hr
Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPearl River4 days
Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPearl River6 days
Jun 16, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River4 hr
Jun 16, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River3 hr

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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.