Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:42 PM CST for Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi; East Feliciana Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 5:42 PM CST (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WFUS54 KLIX 202342 TORLIX LAC037-077-125-MSC005-157-210015- /O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0001.140220T2342Z-140221T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 542 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. FRANCISVILLE... AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAKEFIELD BY 550 PM CST... SPILLMAN BY 600 PM CST... NORWOOD BY 610 PM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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 3117 9115 3099 9098 3071 9144 3085 9157 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 231DEG 34KT 3083 9143 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 3:37 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 24 hr |
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.