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Tornado Warning 36, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2012, 2:21 AM CDT for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:39 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | N St. Francisville, LA | WEST FELICIANA SHERIFF ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST NORTH OF ST. FRANCISVILLE REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
137 WFUS54 KLIX 050721 TORLIX LAC077-125-050745- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0036.120405T0721Z-120405T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 221 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. FRANCISVILLE... * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BATCHELOR...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MELVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKEFIELD AND SPILLMAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3096 9124 3074 9129 3079 9168 3091 9168 TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 275DEG 26KT 3083 9158 $$
1 follow-up statement
470 WWUS54 KLIX 050734 SVSLIX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 234 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 LAC077-050744- /O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120405T0745Z/ POINTE COUPEE LA- 234 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3092 9151 3096 9124 3074 9129 3078 9152 TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 275DEG 26KT 3082 9147 $$ LAC125-050745- /O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120405T0745Z/ WEST FELICIANA LA- 234 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA PARISH... AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ST.FRANCISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKEFIELD AND SPILLMAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3092 9151 3096 9124 3074 9129 3078 9152 TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 275DEG 26KT 3082 9147 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Terrebonne | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 17 min |
| Apr 5, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| Apr 5, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Terrebonne | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Apr 5, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 28 min | |
| Apr 5, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 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.