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Tornado Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 4:23 PM CST for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 22 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 23, 2014, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
079
WFUS54 KLIX 232223
TORLIX
LAC095-232245-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0039.141223T2223Z-141223T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
423 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RESERVE...LAPLACE...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 422 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RESERVE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISH.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3015 9065 3018 9057 3018 9056 3018 9049
3022 9044 3020 9041 3013 9042 3008 9040
3006 9043 3002 9053 3000 9054 2998 9058
3010 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 242DEG 41KT 3011 9053
$$
CAB1 follow-up statement
823
WWUS54 KLIX 232240
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
440 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
LAC095-232250-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-141223T2245Z/
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-
440 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CST...
THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3015 9065 3018 9057 3018 9056 3018 9049
3022 9044 3020 9041 3013 9042 3008 9040
3006 9043 3002 9053 3000 9054 2998 9058
3010 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 242DEG 41KT 3020 9034
$$
CABThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 55 min |
| Dec 23, 3:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 87 min | |
| Dec 23, 3:34 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 44 hr | |
| Dec 23, 5:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Iberville | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 7:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 51 min | |
| Dec 23, 8:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 83 min | |
| Dec 23, 8:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 8:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 8:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 min | |
| Dec 23, 8:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Dec 23, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 9:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 min | |
| Dec 23, 9:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 9:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 9:51 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Dec 23, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 10:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | West Feliciana | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 11:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 12:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena | 57 min |
| Dec 23, 12:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 1:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 3:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 66 min |
| Dec 23, 3:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Saint James | 64 min |
| Dec 23, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Saint James | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 35 min |
| Dec 23, 4:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| Dec 23, 4:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 66 min |
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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.