Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 34, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2000, 6:44 PM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 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
- Jul 22, 2000, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tangipahoa Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Robert, LA | Trees were knocked down one mile north of Highway 190. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768 WFUS54 KLIX 222345 TORNEW LAC105-230000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 644 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 641 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR PONTCHATOULA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 66 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.