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Tornado Warning 43, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT for Lafourche Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 15, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
777
WFUS54 KLIX 151855
TORLIX
LAC057-089-151915-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0043.120615T1855Z-120615T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
155 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST. CHARLES
PARISH...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAROSE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED PARISHES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2956 9046 2977 9051 2980 9023 2973 9021
2970 9023 2969 9021 2968 9020 2963 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 078DEG 9KT 2970 9031
$$1 follow-up statement
029
WWUS54 KLIX 151910
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
210 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
LAC057-089-151920-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120615T1915Z/
ST. CHARLES LA-LAFOURCHE LA-
210 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAFOURCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN ST.
CHARLES PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 2956 9046 2977 9051 2980 9023 2973 9021
2970 9023 2969 9021 2968 9020 2963 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 078DEG 9KT 2969 9035
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.