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Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 29, 2000Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2000, 3:34 PM CST for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2000, 3:34 PM CST (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 4:30 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 292136
TORNEW
LAC095-292230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
334 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 334 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  LAPLACE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...  
  RUDDOCK BY 345 PM
  I-55 BETWEEN LAPLACE AND MANCHAC BY 345 PM

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAR8EST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS.

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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.