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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 21, 2026Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2026, 6:14 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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 21, 2026, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2026, 6:34 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1035 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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
Sep 21, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Helena27 min
Sep 21, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXTerrebonne53 min
Sep 21, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans44 min
Sep 21, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAssumption93 min
Sep 21, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWest Baton Rouge41 min
Sep 21, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWashington48 min
Sep 21, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAscension43 min
Sep 21, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXIberville, West Baton Rouge39 min
Sep 21, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXIberville, West Baton Rouge59 min
Sep 21, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWashington24 min
Sep 21, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington63 min
Sep 21, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAssumption40 min
Sep 21, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWashington53 min
Sep 21, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Iberville49 min
Sep 21, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington55 min
Sep 21, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Tammany52 min
Sep 21, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany52 min
Sep 21, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX37 min
Sep 21, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa24 min
Sep 21, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX32 min
Sep 20, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson39 min
Sep 20, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson42 min
Sep 20, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHarrison46 min
Sep 21, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWilkinson35 min

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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.