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Tornado Warning 58, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2000, 9:12 PM CST for East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 8, 2000, 9:12 PM CST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2000, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County East Feliciana Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 9:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton, LA | Several trees were 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 090312 TORNEW LAC037-090345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 912 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 906 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OVER FELPS AT 925 PM CST 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 DIoTCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 27 min |
| Nov 8, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 67 min |
| Nov 8, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 19 min |
| Nov 8, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 57 min |
| Nov 8, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 57 min |
| Nov 8, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 41 min |
| Nov 9, 12:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 9, 12:31 AM CST | Tornado 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.