Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 46, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2012, 11:52 AM CDT for Orleans Parish, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 28, 2012, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
730
WFUS54 KLIX 281652
TORLIX
LAC071-103-MSC045-281715-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0046.120828T1652Z-120828T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1152 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...EDEN ISLE...
SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF
PEARLINGTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVELAND...MOVING WEST AT 40
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
CATHERINE
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.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3017 8946 3018 8948 3017 8956 3014 8958
3014 8963 3007 8968 3002 8986 3015 8989
3016 8985 3012 8984 3011 8980 3017 8975
3024 8987 3024 8991 3028 8992 3032 8943
3023 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 080DEG 36KT 3021 8952
$$
MJH1 follow-up statement
418
WWUS54 KLIX 281714
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1214 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
LAC071-103-MSC045-281724-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120828T1715Z/
HANCOCK MS-ST. TAMMANY LA-ORLEANS LA-
1214 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...AND
NORTHEASTERN ORLEANS AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISHES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3017 8946 3018 8948 3017 8956 3014 8958
3014 8963 3007 8968 3002 8986 3015 8989
3016 8985 3012 8984 3011 8980 3017 8975
3024 8987 3024 8991 3028 8992 3032 8943
3023 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 080DEG 36KT 3017 8977
$$
DUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.