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Tornado Warning 57, NWS New Orleans, LA

November 8, 2000Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2000, 12:28 PM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Nov 8, 2000, 12:28 PM CST (18:28 UTC)
Expired: Nov 8, 2000, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 081829
TORNEW

LAC103-117-081900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1228 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOGALUSA

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ENON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEAR ENON AT 1240 PM CST
  NEAR BOGALUSA AT 1255 PM CST
  NEAR VARNADO AT 100 PM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3056 9023 3047 9004 3095 8975 3100 9006

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 8, 11:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	37 min
Nov 8, 11:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	33 min
Nov 8, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	29 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.