Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 6, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 1996, 4:54 PM CST for Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. 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
- Feb 19, 1996, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1996, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 5:05 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Gillsburg, MS |
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 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 192255 TORNEW LAC091-105-MSC005-113-200000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 454 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN AMITE COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY AT 455 PM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AMITE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR LIBERTY MOVING SOUTHEAST EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AMITE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN LIBERTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES IN LIBERTY. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO~ TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
LAZ006-014-021-022028-029-032-033-043-044-052-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 400 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...UNION...QUACHITA...CALDWELL... LASALLE...AVOYELLES...EVANGELENE...ST LANDRY...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE ...VERNON... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES OVER EAST CENTpRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM.
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:00 PM CST, 54 minutes before
LAZ006-014-021-022028-029-032-033-043-044-052-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 400 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...UNION...QUACHITA...CALDWELL... LASALLE...AVOYELLES...EVANGELENE...ST LANDRY...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE ...VERNON... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 64 min |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 42 min |
| Feb 19, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 65 min |
| Feb 19, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 62 min |
| Feb 19, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 57 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.