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Tornado Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 15, 20164 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 12:06 PM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2016, 12:06 PM CST (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 15, 12:15 PM CST	HAIL 1	6 W St. Francisville, LA	HAM OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT OF 1 INCH HAIL AND ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

737 
WFUS54 KLIX 151806
TORLIX
LAC033-037-077-125-151830-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0013.160215T1806Z-160215T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
    
* AT 1205 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORDOCHE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW
  ROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  NEW ROADS AROUND 1220 PM CST.
  ST. FRANCISVILLE AROUND 1230 PM CST.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3087 9136 3064 9122 3066 9133 3065 9131
      3062 9133 3056 9162 3068 9167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 245DEG 32KT 3065 9158 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MJH

The 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, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	44 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, 12:13 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.