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Tornado Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 8, 2006Washington Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2006, 9:43 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2006, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2006, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 10:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Franklinton, LA
May 8, 10:17 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Franklinton, LA	TORNADO MOVED ACROSS HWY 25 BLEW TWO CARS IN THE DITCH AND DEBRIS ON HWY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 2016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 090243
TORLIX
LAC117-090330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0021.060509T0243Z-060509T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
943 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRANKLINTON...BOGALUSA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  MOUNT HERMAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING       
  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FRANKLINTON BY 1000 PM CDT
  BOGALUSA AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VARNADO BY 1025 PM CDT

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 3096 9034 3077 9027 3068 8985 3091 8980

$$

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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
May 8, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	61 min
May 8, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		56 min
May 8, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	54 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	46 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.