Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2014, 8:50 AM CDT for Ascension Parish, Saint James 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
- May 28, 2014, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ascension Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633
WFUS54 KLIX 281350
TORLIX
LAC005-093-281415-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0013.140528T1350Z-140528T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
850 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 848 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONVENT...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAPOLEONVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CONVENT BY 905 AM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF SORRENTO BY 915 AM CDT...
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 3008 9100 3033 9084 3028 9082 3028 9079
3026 9079 3023 9074 3018 9072 3017 9069
3023 9065 3022 9063 3020 9063 3014 9065
2990 9086 2991 9088 2993 9089 2994 9093
2998 9093 2998 9096 3006 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 213DEG 16KT 2999 9092
$$1 follow-up statement
052
WWUS54 KLIX 281408
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
908 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
LAC005-093-281417-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140528T1415Z/
ST. JAMES LA-ASCENSION LA-
908 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ASCENSION AND ST. JAMES PARISHES WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 AM CDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3008 9100 3033 9084 3028 9082 3028 9079
3026 9079 3023 9074 3018 9072 3017 9069
3023 9065 3022 9063 3020 9063 3014 9065
2990 9086 2991 9088 2993 9089 2994 9093
2998 9093 2998 9096 3006 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 213DEG 16KT 3005 9087
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint James | 2 hr |
| May 28, 2:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 2 hr |
| May 28, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 62 hr |
| May 28, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension | 2 hr |
| May 28, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 2 hr |
| May 28, 5:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| May 28, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 5 hr |
| May 28, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Saint James | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 2 hr |
| May 28, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension | 28 min |
| May 28, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 20 min |
| May 28, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James | 115 min |
| May 28, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| May 28, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 30 min |
| May 28, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| May 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 95 min | |
| May 28, 5:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 3 days |
| May 28, 5:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 7 days |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 5 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.