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Tornado Warning 47, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 5:23 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:23 AM CDT (10:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 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, Saint Helena 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
772
WFUS54 KLIX 311023
TORLIX
LAC033-037-091-311100-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0047.160331T1023Z-160331T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
523 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 523 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PRIDE...OR NEAR CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
DARLINGTON AROUND 555 AM CDT.
GREENSBURG AROUND 600 AM CDT.
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 3069 9101 3079 9102 3093 9069 3073 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 251DEG 21KT 3078 9095
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
24/RR2 follow-up statements
131
WWUS54 KLIX 311031
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
531 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC033-311040-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160331T1100Z/
EAST BATON ROUGE LA-
531 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3075 9062 3075 9091 3080 9092 3088 9080
3089 9078 3090 9075 3093 9069 3086 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 264DEG 27KT 3077 9088
$$
LAC037-091-311100-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160331T1100Z/
ST. HELENA LA-EAST FELICIANA LA-
531 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ST. HELENA AND EAST CENTRAL EAST FELICIANA PARISHES...
AT 530 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRIDE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
DARLINGTON AROUND 545 AM CDT.
GREENSBURG AROUND 555 AM CDT.
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!
&&
LAT...LON 3075 9062 3075 9091 3080 9092 3088 9080
3089 9078 3090 9075 3093 9069 3086 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 264DEG 27KT 3077 9088
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
24/RR742
WWUS54 KLIX 311051
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
551 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC037-091-311100-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160331T1100Z/
ST. HELENA LA-EAST FELICIANA LA-
551 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. HELENA AND EAST CENTRAL EAST
FELICIANA PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3075 9062 3075 9091 3080 9092 3088 9080
3089 9078 3090 9075 3093 9069 3086 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 251DEG 21KT 3077 9088
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Feliciana | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | West Feliciana | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 11 min |
| Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 3 days |
| Mar 31, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 4 days |
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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.