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Tornado Warning 3, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 21, 2016Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 4:22 PM CST for Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

790 
WFUS54 KLIX 212222
TORLIX
LAC077-125-212300-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0003.160121T2222Z-160121T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
422 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST
    
* AT 422 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BATCHELOR...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW
  ROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  ST. FRANCISVILLE AROUND 435 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 9165 3081 9166 3096 9147 3081 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 236DEG 38KT 3080 9160 

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

$$

CAB

1 follow-up statement

991 
WWUS54 KLIX 212240
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
440 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

LAC077-212250-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160121T2300Z/
POINTE COUPEE LA-
440 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POINTE COUPEE PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC 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 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3081 9154 3086 9152 3088 9152 3091 9153
      3096 9147 3081 9124 3078 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 236DEG 38KT 3091 9142 

$$

LAC125-212300-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160121T2300Z/
WEST FELICIANA LA-
440 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WEST FELICIANA PARISH...
    
AT 440 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WAKEFIELD...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF ST. FRANCISVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL WEST FELICIANA PARISH.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3081 9154 3086 9152 3088 9152 3091 9153
      3096 9147 3081 9124 3078 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 236DEG 38KT 3091 9142 

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

$$

CAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist	4 hr
Jan 21, 5:10 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		4 hr
Jan 21, 9:47 AM CST	Gale Warning	LIX		47 hr
Jan 21, 11:36 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		3 hr
Jan 21, 3:26 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		34 min
Jan 21, 3:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Jan 21, 4:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		24 min
Jan 21, 4:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	51 min
Jan 21, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	42 min
Jan 21, 4:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	37 min
Jan 21, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana	43 min
Jan 21, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, West Feliciana	51 min
Jan 21, 5:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	28 min
Jan 21, 5:19 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		56 min
Jan 21, 5:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	35 min
Jan 21, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Livingston, West Baton Rouge	46 min
Jan 21, 5:33 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		27 min
Jan 21, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	62 min
Jan 21, 5:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		31 min
Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	23 min
Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena	51 min
Jan 21, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	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.