Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 10:31 AM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2016, 10:31 AM CST (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
084
WUUS54 KLIX 151631
SVRLIX
LAC077-125-MSC157-151715-
/O.NEW.KLIX.SV.W.0013.160215T1631Z-160215T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1031 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST
* AT 1029 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SIMMESPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATCHELOR...LETTSWORTH AND FORT ADAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3087 9180 3098 9180 3099 9178 3101 9177
3104 9172 3104 9166 3102 9164 3097 9166
3100 9164 3102 9159 3104 9156 3107 9156
3111 9162 3115 9146 3074 9146 3082 9181
3084 9180 3086 9182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 273DEG 25KT 3094 9186
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MJH1 follow-up statement
359
WWUS54 KLIX 151652
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1052 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016
LAC077-125-MSC157-151715-
/O.CON.KLIX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160215T1715Z/
WEST FELICIANA LA-POINTE COUPEE LA-WILKINSON MS-
1052 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN WEST FELICIANA...NORTHWESTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISHES
IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTIES...
AT 1051 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LETTSWORTH...
OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIMMESPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATCHELOR...LETTSWORTH AND FORT ADAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3087 9180 3098 9180 3099 9178 3101 9177
3104 9172 3104 9166 3102 9164 3097 9166
3100 9164 3102 9159 3104 9156 3107 9156
3111 9162 3115 9146 3082 9146 3082 9181
3084 9180 3086 9182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 273DEG 25KT 3093 9168
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MJHThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 6:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 10:47 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 11:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 12:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 12:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 67 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 12:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 12:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 1:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 1:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | West Baton Rouge | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 1:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Bernard | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Washington | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 2:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 2:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, West Baton Rouge | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 2:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Livingston | 37 min |
| Feb 15, 2:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 3:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 37 min | |
| Feb 15, 3:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Livingston | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 3:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Ascension | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 3:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 36 min | |
| Feb 15, 3:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Feb 15, 3:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 67 min | |
| Feb 15, 4:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Assumption, Saint James | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| Feb 15, 4:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Feb 15, 4:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Feb 15, 4:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 65 min |
| Feb 15, 5:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 5:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 91 min | |
| Feb 15, 11:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 14 min |
| Feb 15, 12:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 1:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 1:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 1:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 1:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 2:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 2:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 2:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 3:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 4:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 4:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.