Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 17, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT for Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Charles Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Des Allemands, LA | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED. |
| Mar 12, 4:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Des Allemands, LA | ONE SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE BAYOU GAUCHE AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419
WFUS54 KLIX 122049
TORLIX
LAC089-122115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0017.120312T2049Z-120312T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
349 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DES
ALLEMANDS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF HAHNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DESTREHAN AND BOUTTE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS 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 2978 9043 2981 9047 2986 9049 2987 9051
2989 9054 2992 9054 3000 9029 2992 9027
2990 9026 2979 9022 2976 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 254DEG 4KT 2985 9042
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 9:11 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 10 hr | |
| Mar 12, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 51 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| Mar 12, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 58 min | |
| Mar 12, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Mar 12, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| Mar 12, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 94 min | |
| Mar 12, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | St. Mary | 37 days |
| Mar 12, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Mar 12, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 1:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 111 min |
| Mar 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville | 58 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.