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Tornado Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 26, 1992Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1992, 3:24 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 1992, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado F1	St. Tammany, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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: 1929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 262024
TORNEW
LAC103-262130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
324 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EAST HALF OF ST.TAMMANY PARISH FROM COVINGTON EASTWARD...
 
MANDEVILLE EMERGENCY OPERATING PERSONNEL REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN IN MANDEVILE ABOUT 318 PM CDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THIS SAME AREA MOVING
NORTHNORTHEAST 40 TO 50 MPH. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	25 min
Aug 26, 2:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Iberville	46 min
Aug 26, 3:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles	29 min
Aug 26, 8:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	57 min
Aug 26, 9:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee	31 min
Aug 26, 9:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	40 min
Aug 26, 10:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee	32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.