Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2000, 1:33 PM CDT for Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne 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
- Sep 8, 2000, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterproof, LA | Thunderstorm winds knocked a trailer off of its foundation, blew down several patio covers, and lifted several small boats from Bayou Black. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 081834 TORNEW LAC057-109-081900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 133 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THIBODAUX TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER GRAY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUMA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OVER SCHRIEVER AT 145 PM CDT OVER THIBODAUX AT 150 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 54 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.