Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2007, 4:43 PM CST for East Feliciana Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 4, 2007, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2007, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 5:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse New Roads, LA | WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AND DEBRIS WAS ON A ROADWAY IN THE LAKELAND AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 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 042244 TORLIX LAC037-077-125-042330- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.070104T2243Z-070104T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 443 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 437 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... JUST EAST OF NEW ROADS BY 450 PM CST ST. FRANCISVILLE BY 500 PM CST WAKEFIELD AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON BY 515 PM CST SPILLMAN BY 520 PM CST 8 MILES WEST OF NORWOOD BY 530 PM CST GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS 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 3058 9158 3058 9141 3098 9097 3100 9143 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLIX 042306 SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 504 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 LAC077-042314- /O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T2330Z/ POINTE COUPEE LA- 504 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POINTE COUPEE PARISH IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF POINTE COUPEE PARISH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3082 9146 3077 9121 3098 9097 3100 9143 $$ LAC037-125-042330- /O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070104T2330Z/ EAST FELICIANA LA-WEST FELICIANA LA- 504 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR WEST FELICIANA AND EAST FELICIANA PARISHES... AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAKEFIELD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORWOOD BY 510 PM CST GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3082 9146 3077 9121 3098 9097 3100 9143 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee | 25 min |
| Jan 4, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 38 min |
| Jan 4, 4:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Iberville | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 95 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.