Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2002, 8:56 AM CDT for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 17 days. 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
- Oct 8, 2002, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 days
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Terrebonne Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Rose, LA | Thunderstorm winds knocked down eight utility poles. |
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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WFUS54 KLIX 081356 TORNEW LAC109-081410- TEST TEST TEST...THIS IS ONLY A TEST... DO NOT DISSEMINATE TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 855 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A TEST * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 910 AM CDT * AT 849 AM CDT...THIS IS ONLY A TEST. LAT...LON 2965 9081 2957 9099 2938 9089 2947 9069
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 21 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.