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Tornado Warning 94, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 10:49 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 29, 2005, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Walthall County, MS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLIX 291552
TORLIX
LAC103-117-MSC045-047-109-147-291645-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0094.050829T1549Z-050829T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1049 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THE EYE OF
DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH ACROSS HANCOCK
AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...AND ST TAMMANY AND
WASHINGTON PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE INTENSE EYEWALL
WINDS AROUND THE CENTER OF KATRINA ARE AFFECTING THE NORTH SHORE
AREA OF LAKE PONCHARTRAIN NORTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON PARISH...AS WELL
AS FROM AROUND THE GULFPORT AREA NORTHWESTWARD INTO PEARL RIVER
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE EYEWALL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 16 MPH.
* DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL BE NOTED NEAR
THE EYE OF KATRINA. THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE
SIMILAR TO A TORNADO OVER LARGE AREAS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN IN YOUR SAFE SHELTER UNTIL
THE EYEWALL PASSES.
LAT...LON 3037 9005 3019 8975 3028 8940 3034 8909
3069 8895 3070 8933 3097 8931 3102 8979
3119 9004
$$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 Aug 29, 5:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 5:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
506 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
.DISCUSSION...
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BE MAKING
INITIAL LANDFALL OVER LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH SHORTLY. THE
PROJECTED TRACK TAKES KATRINA NORTH TOWARDS THE LOWER PEARL RIVER
VALLEY NEAR THE LA/MS BORDER LATE THIS MORNING. HURRICANE WINDS
HAVE BEEN EXPANDING THE LAST COUPLE HOURS. IN ADDITION TO VERY
STRONG WINDS...A MASSIVE STORM SURGE IS OCCURRING ALONG WITH
EXTREMEMLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. WILL HAVE TO CUT THE
DISCUSSION SHORT TO GET PRODUCTS OUT BEFORE LOSING COMMUNICATIONS.
REFER TO THE OUR LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...FLOOD
WATCH...AND INLAND HURRICANE/ TROPICAL STORM WARNING PRODUCTS.
NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
KATRINA...SO HOT AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 77 74 90 73 / 100 70 30 20
BTR 81 74 94 73 / 100 30 30 20
MSY 82 78 91 78 / 100 30 30 20
GPT 82 78 89 75 / 100 60 30 20
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR LAZ038-LAZ039-LAZ040-LAZ058-
LAZ059-LAZ060-LAZ061-LAZ062-LAZ063-LAZ064-LAZ067-LAZ068-
LAZ069-LAZ070.
HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR LAZ038-LAZ040-LAZ050-
LAZ056-LAZ057-LAZ058-LAZ059-LAZ060-LAZ061-LAZ062-LAZ063-
LAZ064-LAZ065-LAZ066-LAZ067-LAZ068-LAZ069-LAZ070.
GM...HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR GMZ530-GMZ550-GMZ555-
GMZ570-GMZ575.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR GMZ530-GMZ550-GMZ555-GMZ575.
MS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR MSZ070-MSZ071-MSZ077-MSZ080-
MSZ081-MSZ082.
HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR MSZ080-MSZ081-MSZ082.
GM...HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR GMZ530-GMZ550-GMZ555-
GMZ570-GMZ575.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR GMZ530-GMZ550-GMZ555-GMZ575.
&&
22Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 8:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 830 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291600- 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- 830 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. ...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT... ...AN INLAND HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAJOR HURRICANE KATRINA IS IMPACTING SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. FOR IMMEDIATE INFORMATION...REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES...HURRICANE LOCAL ACTION STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS REGARDING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEASONAL WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE AND TROPICAL WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS STRONGLY REQUESTED AT THIS TIME UNTIL HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES NORTH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 12:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 4 hr |
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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.