Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 2:28 AM CST for Jefferson Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 13, 2007, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA
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 12, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 130828 TORLIX LAC051-089-130900- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0005.070213T0828Z-070213T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 228 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...KENNER ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 225 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DES ALLEMANDS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF HAHNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... BOUTTE BY 235 AM CST NEW SARPY AND HAHNVILLE BY 245 AM CST DESTREHAN AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORCO BY 250 AM CST WAGGAMAN BY 255 AM CST KENNER...NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT AND 6 MILES WEST OF METAIRIE BY 300 AM 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 2986 9052 2976 9038 3000 9016 3008 9037 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KLIX 130846
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
245 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
LAC051-089-130900-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T0900Z/
ST. CHARLES LA-JEFFERSON LA-
245 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON
AND ST. CHARLES PARISHES...
AT 241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AVONDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARRERO...WESTWEGO...AVONDALE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGE CITY BY
300 AM CST
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND
ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2987 9049 2973 9026 2989 9009 2992 9013
3001 9013 3007 9037
$$000
WWUS54 KLIX 130848
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
248 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
LAC051-089-130900-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T0900Z/
ST. CHARLES LA-JEFFERSON LA-
248 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON
AND ST. CHARLES PARISHES...
AT 246 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AVONDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MARRERO...WESTWEGO...AVONDALE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGE CITY BY
300 AM CST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 2987 9049 2973 9026 2989 9009 2992 9013
3001 9013 3007 9037
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 12:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 44 min |
| Feb 13, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 41 min |
| Feb 13, 2:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 51 min | |
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 3:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 23 min | |
| Feb 13, 3:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 4:34 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| Feb 13, 5:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.