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Tornado Warning 23, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 6, 2005Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 9:53 AM CDT for Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 6, 2005, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2005, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 2:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 6, 7:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 8.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 061454
TORLIX
LAC071-087-061530-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0023.050406T1453Z-050406T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
953 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EAST NEW ORLEANS
  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 947 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
  NEAR NEW ORLEANS...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EAST NEW ORLEANS BY 1000 AM CDT
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE CATHERINE BY 1015 AM CDT

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

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3006 9016 2993 9005 2997 8988 3014 8966
      3015 8991

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 6, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
700 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN AREA AND TIME. NEW WATCH BOX 130
WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 12Z TO 18Z(7AM TO 1PM) WILL UPDATE ALL
PRODUCTS TO REFLECT.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
WILL BE BRIEF AS VARIABLES ARE COMING TOGETHER QUICKLY THIS MORNING
FOR A BAD DAY. STRONG SEVERE LINE OF TS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL LA
ATTM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. SINGLE CELL DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING AHEAD
OF THE LINE IN THE WARM SECTOR AS WELL AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST
AREA TO SEE TORNADIC EVENT WILL BE SE LA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM. FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT
AS THE LINE SLOWS DOWN AND MANY TRAINING TS DEVELOP WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN. WILL BRING ALL SEVERE TS HAZARDS IN THE HWO THIS MORNING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  76  65  72  55 /  80  30  10  10
BTR  78  65  72  55 /  80  30  00  10
MSY  76  67  76  60 /  80  30  00  00
GPT  72  68  72  63 /  90  50  00  00

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM FOR ALL SE LA.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALL SE LA.
MS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MISS.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MISS.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL COASTAL
     WATERS INCLUDING LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS THROUGH
     TONIGHT.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
600 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061700-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. CHARLES-ST. HELENA-
ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-
WILKINSON-
600 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 10 AM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 6 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT TODAY INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE
MORNING. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TODAY WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
BEING ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

HEAVY RAINFALL...
HEAVY AND PERSISTENT RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE MISSISSIPPI COAST DURING
THE AFTERNOON. GENERALLY THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT INCHES
POSSIBLE IF STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS DURING THE DAY. THE
PRIMARY TIME OF CONCERN IS BETWEEN 6 AM AND 6 PM TODAY.

RIVER FLOODING...
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD ALREADY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
ONLY AGGREVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM TODAY AND NEW CREST HEIGHTS MAY
BE COMPUTED IN ADDITIONAL FORECASTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
RIVER STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE RIVER FLOODING DUE TO ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINS
WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR
ACTIVATION IF NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 8:55 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
855 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 AM     TORNADO          N OSYKA                 31.01N 90.47W
04/06/2005                   PIKE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN OSYKA AND PROGRESS.

&&

LB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
858 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 AM     TORNADO          10 E MCCOMB             31.24N 90.30W
04/06/2005                   PIKE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            10 EAST MCCOMB NEAR HIGHWAY 98...DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE
            SKY.

&&

LB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:05 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
905 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0853 AM     TORNADO          SALEM                   31.23N 90.12W
04/06/2005                   WALTHALL           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE TORNADOES TOUCHDOWNS IN NORTHERN PORTION OF COUNTY.
            ONE PERSON TRAPPED IN A HOUSE. ONE PERSON TRAPPED IN CAR.

&&

LB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:08 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
908 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 AM     TORNADO          5 N ROSELAND            30.84N 90.51W
04/06/2005                   TANGIPAHOA         LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT TO TOUCH GROUND.

&&

LB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:09 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
909 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0724 AM     TORNADO          MCCOMB                  31.25N 90.47W
04/06/2005                   PIKE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTEN AT PIKE CO AIRPORT.

&&

LB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:48 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
948 AM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0947 AM     HAIL             NW SUMMIT               31.28N 90.47W
04/06/2005  0.25 INCH        PIKE               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF SUMMIT.

&&

LB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 6:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	62 min
Apr 6, 7:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	66 min
Apr 6, 8:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena	58 min
Apr 6, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee	47 min
Apr 6, 8:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Livingston, Saint James	36 min
Apr 6, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Assumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne	25 min
Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	32 min
Apr 6, 9:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Tangipahoa	27 min
Apr 6, 9:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	28 min
Apr 6, 9:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Saint Charles	34 min
Apr 6, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		42 min
Apr 6, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint Charles	27 min
Apr 6, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans	39 min
Apr 6, 10:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines	30 min
Apr 6, 10:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	25 min
Apr 6, 10:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	35 min
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	63 min
Apr 6, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		88 min
Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	50 min
Apr 6, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Plaquemines	45 min
Apr 6, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 min
Apr 6, 11:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Bernard	43 min
Apr 6, 11:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	49 min
Apr 6, 11:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche	41 min
Apr 6, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
Apr 6, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Apr 6, 12:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines	40 min
Apr 6, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		118 min
Apr 6, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Terrebonne	46 min
Apr 6, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	51 min
Apr 6, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Plaquemines	30 min
Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Terrebonne	34 min
Apr 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	39 min
Apr 6, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	51 min
Apr 6, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche	28 min
Apr 6, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Plaquemines	37 min
Apr 6, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	38 min
Apr 6, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	51 min
Apr 6, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
Apr 6, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		83 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.