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Tornado Warning 43, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 30, 2000Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2000, 5:33 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 30, 2000, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Folsom, LA	A tree was blown down.

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, 10.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 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 302233
TORNEW

LAC103-117-302300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
533 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ENON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLINTON...
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  4 MILES EAST OF FOLSOM AT 600 PM CDT

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTAN[TIAL 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
Aug 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	40 min
Aug 30, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Terrebonne	33 min
Aug 30, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	28 min
Aug 30, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension	32 min
Aug 30, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	41 min

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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.