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Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 13, 2005Pearl River County, Mississippi; Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 7:56 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 53 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 7:56 AM CST (13:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2005, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 53 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 12.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 131357
TORLIX
MSC109-131445-
/X.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.050113T1356Z-050113T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
756 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 752 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT NEAR BOGALUSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWEST PEARL RIVER COUNTY AT 810 AM CST

STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST 
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3099 8944 3101 8935 3076 8975 3076 8981
      3078 8982 3084 8976 3086 8978 3087 8975
      3090 8976 3091 8973 3100 8972 3100 8956
      3102 8951

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 072234
TORLIX
LAC057-072315-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.050307T2234Z-050307T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
434 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAROSE

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 427 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN       
  LAROSE AND CUT OFF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 2971 9070 2948 9047 2969 9021 2970 9036
      2977 9042

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KLIX 072250
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
449 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005

LAC057-072315-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050307T2315Z/
LAFOURCHE LA-
449 PM CST MON MAR 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR LAFOURCHE
PARISH...

AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CUT
OFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2953 9049 2938 9037 2946 9015 2957 9025
      2965 9017

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 5:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	41 days
Jan 13, 6:51 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		114 min
Jan 13, 7:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	43 min
Jan 13, 9:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 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.