Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 27, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 5:40 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 25, 2000, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Franklinton, LA | A small tornado briefly touched down near Highway 440 and Dewey Creel Road causing no damage. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 252242 TORNEW LAC117-252315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 540 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 540 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. ONE WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOGALUSA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE OTHER WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF FRANKLINTON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... PINE 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 34 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.