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Tornado Warning 28, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 26, 2002Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2002, 12:20 AM CDT for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2002, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Terrebonne Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 26, 12:30 AM CDTTornado F1Golden Meadow, LAA tornado touched down briefly causing damage to two autos and several storage buildings.

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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2002-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 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 00:00Z on 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

004 
WFUS54 KLIX 260520
TORNEW
LAC057-109-260600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1219 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN LEEVILLE AND
  GOLDEN MEADOW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALLIANO...MOVING
  WEST AT 30 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 2920 9016 2938 9012 2951 9077 2927 9081

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles6 hr
Sep 25, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche109 min
Sep 25, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche34 min
Sep 26, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche40 min
Sep 26, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche24 min
Sep 26, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne24 min
Sep 26, 1:35 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne7 days
Sep 26, 2:21 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne39 min
Sep 26, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXAssumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 4 more4 hr
Sep 26, 7:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard3 hr
Sep 26, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany3 hr
Sep 26, 10:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard2 hr
Sep 26, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany3 hr
Sep 26, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJefferson3 hr
Sep 26, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa4 hr
Sep 26, 3:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 hr
Sep 26, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXLivingston, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa6 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.