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Tornado Warning 33, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 2:35 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 240835 TORLIX LAC103-117-MSC109-240915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 235 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 WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOGALUSA PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE * UNTIL 315 AM CST * AT 232 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF BUSH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SUN AND BUSH BY 240 AM CST BOGALUSA BY 250 AM CST CROSSROADS BY 255 AM CST POPLARVILLE BY 315 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 3063 9012 3049 9000 3088 8931 3108 8948 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 44 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, 2:01 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, 2:52 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 |
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.