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Tornado Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 24, 1996Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1996, 4:55 PM CST for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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
Nov 24, 1996, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1996, 6:00 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 24, 4:55 PM CSTThunderstorm WindKentwood, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1996-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 242257 RRA
TORNEW
LAC105-250000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
455 PM CST SUN NOV 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH
 
AT 450 PM CST...RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED A STRONG WATERSPOUT
OVER NORTHWEST LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN NEAR I-55 MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20
MPH.
 
THIS STORM AND ASSOCIATED WATERSPOUT WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONCHATOULA.
 
RADAR ALSO INDICATED ANOTHER WATERSPOUT TO THE NORTH OF THE BONNET CARRE
SPILLWAY. THIS WATERSPOUT AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne58 min
Nov 24, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Charles61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.