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Tornado Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 12, 2000Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2000, 6:08 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 12, 2000, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2000-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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 2000-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

183 
WFUS54 KLIX 122309
TORNEW
LAC103-117-122345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
608 PM CDT WED APR 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FOLSOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  VARNADO
  FRANKLINTON
  HWY 25 NORTH OF FOLSOM
  ENON
  ANGIE

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

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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.