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Tornado Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 12:46 AM CST for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 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
- Nov 24, 2004, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLIX 240646 TORLIX LAC103-MSC045-109-240730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1245 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SLIDELL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PICAYUNE * UNTIL 130 AM CST * AT 1244 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEARL RIVER AND THE SLIDELL AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A POSSIBLE TORNADO PASSED NEAR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 1243 AM. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PICAYUNE BY 105 AM CST 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCNEIL BY 120 AM CST SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3036 8995 3023 8981 3057 8933 3079 8954 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 1:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 20 min |
| Nov 24, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 min |
| Nov 24, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 59 min |
| Nov 24, 2:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 40 min |
| Nov 24, 2:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 53 min |
| Nov 24, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 3:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 4:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 61 min |
| Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 5:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 5:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 49 min |
| Nov 23, 11:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 36 min | |
| Nov 24, 12:12 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 18 min | |
| Nov 24, 12:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 12:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 15 min | |
| Nov 24, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 2:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 2:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 26 min | |
| Nov 24, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 68 min |
| Nov 24, 2:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 27 min | |
| Nov 24, 2:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 2:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 3:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption | 52 min |
| Nov 24, 3:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 3:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 34 min | |
| Nov 24, 3:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Terrebonne | 62 min |
| Nov 24, 4:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 24, 4:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 54 min |
| Nov 24, 4:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 4:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 33 min |
| Nov 24, 4:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 118 min | |
| Nov 24, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 65 min |
| Nov 24, 5:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Nov 24, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 56 min |
| Nov 24, 5:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Bernard | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 5:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 24, 5:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 24, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 6:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 7:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 7:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 24, 7:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Nov 24, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min |
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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.