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Tornado Warning 5, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 8, 2002Ascension Parish, Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2002, 1:07 PM CDT for Ascension Parish, Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 8, 2002, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ascension Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 1:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMandeville, LAThunderstorm winds blew down a large tree causing damage to a house.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2002-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 896 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 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 081807
TORNEW
LAC005-093-095-081830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
106 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RESERVE

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 100 PM CDT...THE ASSUMPTION PARISH SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO  
  MOVED THROUGH THE BELLE ROSE AREA AT 1255 PM CDT...MOVING EAST 25 
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   GARYVILLE AT 120 PM CDT
   RESERVE AT 125 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3003 9050 3004 9085 3021 9084 3019 9068
          3021 9058 3016 9056 3016 9050 3020 9046

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana48 min
Apr 8, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa26 min
Apr 8, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa55 min
Apr 8, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington62 min
Apr 8, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa26 min
Apr 8, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX113 min
Apr 8, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX113 min
Apr 8, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Terrebonne45 min
Apr 8, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWashington43 min
Apr 8, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche95 min
Apr 8, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne110 min
Apr 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany56 min
Apr 8, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more89 min
Apr 8, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX115 min
Apr 8, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche23 min
Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines49 min
Apr 8, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Apr 8, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines2 hr
Apr 8, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson22 min
Apr 8, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines90 days
Apr 8, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Apr 8, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 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.