Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2013, 7:50 AM CST for Ascension Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 10, 2013, 7:50 AM CST (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2013, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:31 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615
WFUS54 KLIX 101350
TORLIX
LAC005-033-101415-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0002.130110T1350Z-130110T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
750 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GONZALES...
SOUTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 815 AM CST
* AT 747 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GEISMER...
OR NEAR DONALDSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GEISMER BY 800 AM CST...
GONZALES BY 810 AM CST...
PRAIRIEVILLE BY 815 AM CST...
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 200 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3042 9098 3041 9096 3040 9097 3039 9095
3036 9093 3034 9087 3032 9083 3029 9083
3027 9081 3028 9079 3025 9078 3010 9101
3013 9109 3015 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 220DEG 20KT 3015 9103
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
975
WWUS54 KLIX 101405
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
805 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013
LAC005-033-101415-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130110T1415Z/
ASCENSION LA-EAST BATON ROUGE LA-
805 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE AND NORTH CENTRAL ASCENSION PARISHES...
AT 803 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEISMER...OR NEAR GONZALES...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AND TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS AND
PHOTOS.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 9100 3041 9097 3041 9096 3040 9097
3039 9095 3036 9093 3032 9083 3029 9083
3027 9081 3018 9090 3021 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 215DEG 21KT 3025 9097
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 8:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 47 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 5 days |
| Jan 9, 11:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Washington | 55 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 107 min | |
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 8:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 8:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Saint James and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 8:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 10, 8:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 106 min | |
| Jan 10, 9:21 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 114 min | |
| Jan 10, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Terrebonne | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 9:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 115 min |
| Jan 10, 9:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 15 min |
| Jan 10, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines | 66 min |
| Jan 10, 10:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 min | |
| Jan 10, 10:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 7 days |
| Jan 10, 10:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 115 min |
| Jan 10, 10:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 86 min | |
| Jan 10, 10:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 11:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Jan 10, 12:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:06 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| Jan 10, 1:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 92 min | |
| Jan 10, 2:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Livingston | 6 days |
| Jan 10, 5:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 8 days |
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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.