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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 7, 20264 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2026, 1:51 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 7, 2026, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2026, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2026-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 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 2026-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX65 min
Sep 7, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX64 min
Sep 7, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX59 min
Sep 7, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX60 min
Sep 7, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany35 min
Sep 7, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Tammany46 min
Sep 7, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXTerrebonne41 min
Sep 7, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX40 min
Sep 7, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Tammany44 min
Sep 7, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXTangipahoa34 min
Sep 7, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXTangipahoa43 min
Sep 7, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington41 min
Sep 7, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXIberville40 min
Sep 7, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa39 min
Sep 7, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXLivingston38 min
Sep 7, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa37 min
Sep 7, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa24 min
Sep 7, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Baton Rouge40 min
Sep 7, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Helena50 min
Sep 7, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena42 min
Sep 7, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana43 min
Sep 7, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Feliciana25 min
Sep 7, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana45 min
Sep 7, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana51 min
Sep 7, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPointe Coupee42 min
Sep 7, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock44 min
Sep 7, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock39 min
Sep 7, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike45 min
Sep 7, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite47 min
Sep 7, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWilkinson42 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.