Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2003, 3:26 PM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2003, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981 WFUS54 KLIX 152026 TORNEW LAC105-117-MSC113-147-152100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 325 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMITE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MOUNT HERMAN AT 350 PM CDT SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VECHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3091 9055 3078 9041 3099 9012 3115 9030 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, West Baton Rouge | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 84 min | |
| Jun 15, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 52 min | |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 3 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.