Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 41, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 6, 2005Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 2:32 PM CDT for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafourche Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1199 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 061932
TORLIX
LAC057-062000-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0041.050406T1932Z-050406T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOLDEN
  MEADOW...OR ABOUT NEAR GALLIANO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL LAFOURCHE PARISH AT 250 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARG 
HAILAND 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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 2941 9038 2957 9020 2959 9016 2959 9016
      2956 9020 2954 9017 2951 9019 2946 9011
      2946 9007 2937 9004 2927 9027

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa62 min
Apr 6, 7:54 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa66 min
Apr 6, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Saint Helena58 min
Apr 6, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee47 min
Apr 6, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAscension, Livingston, Saint James36 min
Apr 6, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne25 min
Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington32 min
Apr 6, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa27 min
Apr 6, 9:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington28 min
Apr 6, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Saint Charles34 min
Apr 6, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX42 min
Apr 6, 9:48 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles27 min
Apr 6, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXOrleans39 min
Apr 6, 9:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXOrleans, Saint Bernard37 min
Apr 6, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines30 min
Apr 6, 10:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Tammany25 min
Apr 6, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard35 min
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany63 min
Apr 6, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX88 min
Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard50 min
Apr 6, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines45 min
Apr 6, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX115 min
Apr 6, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXSaint Bernard43 min
Apr 6, 11:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard49 min
Apr 6, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche41 min
Apr 6, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX60 min
Apr 6, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Apr 6, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines40 min
Apr 6, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX118 min
Apr 6, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne46 min
Apr 6, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard51 min
Apr 6, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines30 min
Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXTerrebonne34 min
Apr 6, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard39 min
Apr 6, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne51 min
Apr 6, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXJefferson, Plaquemines37 min
Apr 6, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard38 min
Apr 6, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard51 min
Apr 6, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX64 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX58 min
Apr 6, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX83 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.