Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 6:46 PM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 7:01 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
987
WFUS54 KLIX 220046
TORLIX
LAC117-MSC109-220115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0011.160122T0046Z-160122T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
646 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 646 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VARNADO...OR NEAR SANDY HOOK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3101 8950 3100 8950 3100 8948 3098 8947
3098 8944 3097 8943 3087 8988 3099 8996
3100 8994 3100 8955 3102 8955 3102 8952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 242DEG 32KT 3095 8984
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
712
WWUS54 KLIX 220101
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
701 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
LAC117-MSC109-220111-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160122T0115Z/
WASHINGTON LA-PEARL RIVER MS-
701 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3101 8950 3100 8950 3100 8948 3098 8947
3098 8944 3097 8943 3087 8988 3099 8996
3100 8994 3100 8955 3102 8955 3102 8952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 242DEG 32KT 3101 8970
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 31 min |
| 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, 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 |
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.