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Tornado Warning 4, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 2, 2006Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2006, 2:39 AM CST for Jefferson Parish, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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: Feb 2, 2006, 2:39 AM CST (08:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2006, 3:15 AM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 2, 2:39 AM CST	TORNADO 2	New Orleans, LA	ADDITIONAL DAMAGE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE DAMAGE FROMTHE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EAST OF OCHSNER HOSPITAL TO THE LAKEVIEW SECTION OF NEW ORLEANS CAN ATTRIBUTED TO ONE TORNADO. DAMAGE WAS MOST PRONOUNCED NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE TRAILERS AND WAREHOUSES
Feb 2, 2:43 AM CST	TORNADO 2	New Orleans, LA	GROUND SURVEY INDICATED STRONG TORNADO MOVED ON A NORTH NORTHEAST PATH ACROSS THE LAKEVIEW AREA OF NEW ORLEANS. SEVERAL HOUSES HEAVY DAMAGED...OTHER HOUSES WITH LIGHTER DAMAGE AND POWER POLES SNAPPED. FORMER STATE POLICE TROOP B COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WAS KNOCKE
Feb 2, 3:00 AM CST	TORNADO	New Orleans, LA	HOME SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE LAKEVIEW AREA NEAR THE WEST END OF NEW ORLEANS. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN.
Feb 2, 3:00 AM CST	TORNADO	New Orleans, LA	UPDATED...5 HOUSES COLLAPSED IN THE LAKEVIEW AREA OF NORTHWEST NEW ORLEANS. THE OLD STATE POLICE TROOP B TOWER WAS KNOCKED DOWN FORCING CLOSURE OF SECTIONS OF VETERANS HIGHWAY BETWEEN FLEUR DE LIS AND PONTCHARTRAIN BLVD. IN ADDITION...OTHER HOUSES WERE DAMAGED

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
Feb 2, 2:10 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 020840
TORLIX
LAC051-071-020915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0004.060202T0839Z-060202T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
239 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...MARRERO...HARVEY...
  AVONDALE
  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW ORLEANS...EAST NEW ORLEANS

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 235 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AVONDALE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TERRYTOWN BY 245 AM CST
  CAROLLTON AREA OF NEW ORLEANS BY 250 AM CST
  LAKE CATHERINE BY 305 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.

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 400 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 2981 9016 2997 9025 3004 9000 3014 8987
      3009 8981 3017 8975 3012 8974 3015 8962
      3007 8972 3003 8971 3005 8979 3000 8985
      3000 9000 2997 9001 2991 8991 2981 9016

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLIX 020916
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
316 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

LAC051-071-020926-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060202T0915Z/
ORLEANS LA-JEFFERSON LA-
316 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND ORLEANS PARISHES EXPIRED AT
315 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 2981 9016 2997 9025 3004 9000 3014 8987
      3009 8981 3017 8975 3012 8974 3015 8962
      3007 8972 3003 8971 3005 8979 3000 8985
      3000 9000 2997 9001 2991 8991 2981 9016

$$

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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
Feb 1, 10:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Feb 1, 11:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	47 min
Feb 2, 12:56 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Feb 2, 1:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	31 min
Feb 2, 2:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	27 min
Feb 2, 2:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		33 min
Feb 2, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	59 min
Feb 2, 2:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany	61 min
Feb 2, 3:26 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
Feb 2, 3:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 min
Feb 2, 4:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		63 min
Feb 2, 5:28 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		92 min
Feb 2, 6:26 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		49 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.