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Tornado Watch 137
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 24, 2013, 6:38 AM CDT for 31 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2013, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 37 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Iberville, Livingston | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Terrebonne | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 11:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 44 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 3 more | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 9:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 90 min |
| Apr 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more | 57 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.