Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 32, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 2:26 AM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana; 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
- Nov 24, 2004, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Washington Parish, LA, Walthall 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 240826
TORLIX
LAC117-MSC147-240900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
225 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 300 AM CST
* AT 222 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH
OF DEXTER...OR ABOUT NEAR FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEXTER BY 235 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 3093 9021 3078 9008 3094 8976 3100 8974
3113 8992
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 59 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, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 40 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, 2:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 53 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, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 3:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 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, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 32 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 | |
| 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, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 37 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 |
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.