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Tornado Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 29, 2011Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT for Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 29, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 5:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	Reserve, LA	FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN. POWER POLES SNAPPED NEAR GARYVILLE AND RESERVE.

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
Mar 29, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -508 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

706 
WFUS54 KLIX 292128
TORLIX
LAC093-095-292200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0031.110329T2128Z-110329T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
428 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST. JAMES
  PARISH...OR 9 MILES WEST OF RESERVE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL ST. JAMES PARISH AT 440 PM CDT
  RURAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH AT 440 PM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3011 9074 3020 9059 3018 9057 3018 9049
      3008 9050 3007 9072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 271DEG 11KT 3010 9071

$$


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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
Mar 29, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Livingston	40 min
Mar 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville	43 min
Mar 29, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	27 min
Mar 29, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		35 min
Mar 29, 4:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	54 min
Mar 29, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Iberville	64 min
Mar 29, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	34 min
Mar 29, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	55 min
Mar 29, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena	61 min
Mar 29, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	59 min
Mar 29, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		65 min
Mar 29, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist	34 min
Mar 29, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Saint Charles	24 min
Mar 29, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans	27 min
Mar 29, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	2 hr
Mar 29, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	23 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.