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Tornado Warning 10, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 6:14 PM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Washington Parish, LA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
203
WFUS54 KLIX 220014
TORLIX
LAC117-220045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0010.160122T0014Z-160122T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
614 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 613 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VARNADO AROUND 645 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ANGIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NEW ORLEANS.
&&
LAT...LON 3096 8974 3095 8976 3092 8974 3091 8976
3090 8976 3090 8977 3088 8977 3088 8978
3085 8977 3086 8978 3085 8979 3076 9023
3083 9026 3100 9005 3100 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 241DEG 37KT 3082 9017
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
765
WWUS54 KLIX 220029
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
629 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
LAC117-220045-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160122T0045Z/
WASHINGTON LA-
629 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH...
AT 629 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VARNADO AROUND 640 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ANGIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3083 9006 3089 9009 3100 8994 3100 8977
3096 8974 3095 8976 3092 8974 3091 8976
3090 8976 3090 8977 3088 8977 3088 8978
3087 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 243DEG 37KT 3089 9000
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 6:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 29 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:19 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 26 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 25 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:42 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 33 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| Jan 21, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 7:04 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 26 min | |
| Jan 21, 7:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| Jan 21, 7:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Jan 21, 8:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 29 min | |
| Jan 21, 8:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Jan 21, 8:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 23 min | |
| Jan 21, 9:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Jan 21, 10:35 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 85 min | |
| Jan 22, 2:37 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:42 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 45 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:32 PM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Assumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 11 hr |
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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.