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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 7, 2026East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2026, 2:05 PM CST for East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2026, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2026, 2:28 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:19 PM CST, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:58 PM CST, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
158 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

LAZ037-071-072045-
St. Helena LA-Northern Tangipahoa LA-
158 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF ST. HELENA AND
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISHES THROUGH 245 PM CST
...

At 158 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Greensburg, moving north at 25 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...
Greensburg, Kentwood, Osyka, Montpelier, Easleyville, and Tangipahoa.

This includes Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 53 and
66.

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 3067 9058 3070 9077 3100 9077 3100 9047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 189DEG 21KT 3078 9067

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

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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
Mar 7, 1:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Livingston	40 min
Mar 7, 1:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa	41 min
Mar 7, 1:43 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Mar 7, 1:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Helena	47 min
Mar 7, 2:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana	39 min
Mar 7, 2:41 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
Mar 7, 3:51 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		54 min
Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Livingston	44 min
Mar 7, 5:41 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	East Feliciana, West Feliciana	34 min
Mar 7, 2:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite	45 min
Mar 7, 4:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Wilkinson	51 min
Mar 7, 4:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Wilkinson	51 min

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.