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Tornado Warning 14, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 15, 2016East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 12:13 PM CST for East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Amite 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
Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

040 
WFUS54 KLIX 151813
TORLIX
LAC037-091-105-MSC005-151845-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0014.160215T1813Z-160215T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1213 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
    
* AT 1212 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FELPS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
  GILLSBERG AROUND 1235 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TANGIPAHOA.

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 3110 9055 3100 9055 3100 9053 3088 9050
      3089 9097 3110 9102 3121 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 260DEG 32KT 3103 9089 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

MJH

1 follow-up statement

168 
WWUS54 KLIX 151829
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1229 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

LAC037-151838-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160215T1845Z/
EAST FELICIANA LA-
1229 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3110 9055 3100 9055 3100 9053 3088 9050
      3089 9085 3090 9086 3094 9086 3100 9083
      3100 9100 3110 9102 3121 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 271DEG 33KT 3100 9071 

$$

LAC091-105-MSC005-151845-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160215T1845Z/
TANGIPAHOA LA-ST. HELENA LA-AMITE MS-
1229 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA...NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISHES IN
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN AMITE COUNTIES...
    
AT 1228 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLSBERG...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
  KENTWOOD AROUND 1245 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TANGIPAHOA.

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 3110 9055 3100 9055 3100 9053 3088 9050
      3089 9085 3090 9086 3094 9086 3100 9083
      3100 9100 3110 9102 3121 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 271DEG 33KT 3100 9071 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	24 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

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.