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Tornado Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 13, 2007Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 3:54 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 4:30 AM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

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
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLIX 130954
TORLIX
LAC103-MSC109-131030-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0007.070213T0954Z-070213T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
354 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 351 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BUSH...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF PICAYUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCNEIL AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSROADS BY 420 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 3075 8950 3068 8956 3048 8984 3060 8998
      3066 8992 3066 8985 3067 8984 3071 8984
      3080 8978 3090 8966

$$

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, 2:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Saint Charles	32 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, 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
Feb 13, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	48 min
Feb 13, 4:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pearl River	24 min
Feb 13, 5:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	26 min
Feb 13, 6:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Harrison	63 min
Feb 13, 7:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	41 min
Feb 13, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	28 min
Feb 13, 7:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Jackson	29 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2007 Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2007 Every tornado warning in 2007 Tornadoes in 2007

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.