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Tornado Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 3, 2000Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 5:21 PM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
Jan 3, 2000, 5:21 PM CST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 5:55 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 032320
TORNEW
LAC117-032355-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
521 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
   - WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 555 PM CST

* AT 518 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF WILMER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   FRANKLINTON 535 PM CST
   CLIFTON 540 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE
OF STURDY FURNITURE. 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana16 min
Jan 3, 5:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa34 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.