Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 81, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 6:31 AM CST for East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 6:31 AM CST (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Amite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041
WFUS54 KLIX 101231
TORLIX
LAC037-091-MSC005-101300-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0081.121210T1231Z-121210T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
631 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON...
NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 AM CST
* AT 627 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLINTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FELPS...DARLINGTON...EASLEYVILLE AND GILLSBERG
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 1100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 9059 3100 9056 3096 9057 3076 9091
3089 9106 3114 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 226DEG 26KT 3089 9091
$$1 follow-up statement
221
WWUS54 KLIX 101251
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
651 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
LAC037-101300-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-121210T1300Z/
EAST FELICIANA LA-
651 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF EAST FELICIANA
PARISH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 9056 3096 9057 3081 9083 3093 9085
3106 9071 3113 9059
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 239DEG 30KT 3095 9073
$$
LAC091-MSC005-101300-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-121210T1300Z/
AMITE MS-ST. HELENA LA-
651 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY...AND NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH...
AT 647 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASLEYVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GILLSBERG
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 9056 3096 9057 3081 9083 3093 9085
3106 9071 3113 9059
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 239DEG 30KT 3095 9073
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:13 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 10, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 35 min |
| Dec 10, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 7:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 30 min |
| Dec 10, 7:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 7:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 8:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 8:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Dec 10, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 9:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 26 min |
| Dec 10, 9:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 9:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 9:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 50 min | |
| Dec 10, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 10:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 33 min | |
| Dec 10, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 22 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.