Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 10:52 AM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 18, 2012, 10:52 AM CST (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:00 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Livingston, LA | CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTS PEA SIZED HAIL...2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 0630 THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 18, 11:10 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ssw Walker, LA | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN SOUTHWEST PORTION OF PARISH IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 16 AND 1033. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060
WFUS54 KLIX 181652
TORLIX
LAC005-033-047-063-105-181715-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0008.120218T1652Z-120218T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1052 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OAK HILLS PLACE...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS...
WEST CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST
* AT 1050 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAK HILLS
PLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALKER AND LIVINGSTON
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 300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3065 9070 3065 9060 3049 9051 3027 9107
3043 9117
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 242DEG 43KT 3040 9100
$$
95/DMThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:48 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 61 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:21 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 3 days |
| Feb 18, 8:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 4 days |
| Feb 18, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Livingston | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 5 days |
| Feb 18, 10:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 50 min |
| Feb 18, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 48 min |
| Feb 18, 10:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 18 min |
| Feb 18, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more | 61 min |
| Feb 18, 11:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 11:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| Feb 18, 11:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 8 min | |
| Feb 18, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 60 min |
| Feb 18, 12:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 84 min | |
| Feb 18, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 63 min |
| Feb 18, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 54 min |
| Feb 18, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 63 min |
| Feb 18, 1:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 28 min | |
| Feb 18, 2:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 58 min | |
| Feb 18, 2:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| Feb 18, 3:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| Feb 18, 3:24 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Feb 18, 4:05 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 40 min | |
| Feb 18, 5:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 97 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.