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Tornado Warning 24, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 6, 2001Livingston Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2001, 11:00 AM CDT for Livingston Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 6, 2001, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Livingston Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 061559
TORNEW
LAC063-091-105-061630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1100 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBURG
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER MONTPELIER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ROSELAND AT 1110 AM CDT
   GREENSBURG AT 1115 AM CDT
   KENTWOOD AT 1125 AM CDT

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany2 hr
Jun 6, 10:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa20 min
Jun 6, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles30 min
Jun 6, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena2 hr
Jun 6, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa35 min
Jun 6, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge3 hr
Jun 6, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa110 min
Jun 6, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles, Saint John the Baptist33 min
Jun 6, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington30 min
Jun 6, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa24 min
Jun 6, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany51 min
Jun 6, 2:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles, Terrebonne2 hr
Jun 6, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston115 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist115 min
Jun 6, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge115 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne3 hr
Jun 6, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines2 hr
Jun 6, 6:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Charles, Terrebonne3 hr

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.