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Tornado Warning 28, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 25, 2000Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 6:32 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 25, 2000, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 252334
TORNEW
LAC103-260000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
632 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FOLSOM...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...  
  FOLSOM AT 635 PM
  TANTELA COMMUNITY BY 645 PM
  GOODBEE BY 650 PM
  COVINGTON BY 655 PM

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines53 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWashington35 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.