Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:16 AM CDT for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi; Tangipahoa Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 11 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, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 6:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Pike County, MS, Walthall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
378
WFUS54 KLIX 311116
TORLIX
LAC105-117-MSC113-147-311145-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0049.160331T1116Z-160331T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
616 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 614 AM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENTWOOD...
OR 11 MILES NORTH OF AMITE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 510 AM CDT...REPORTS OF
TREES DOWN ALONG I-55 AT MILE MARKER 56.
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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT HERMAN AROUND 635 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TANGIPAHOA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3094 9020 3084 9048 3089 9053 3117 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 239DEG 28KT 3089 9046
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
241
WWUS54 KLIX 311127
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
627 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC105-117-MSC113-147-311136-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160331T1145Z/
WASHINGTON LA-TANGIPAHOA LA-WALTHALL MS-PIKE MS-
627 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
TANGIPAHOA PARISHES...SOUTHWESTERN WALTHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN TANGIPAHOA AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON PARISHES UNTIL 7
AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3094 9020 3084 9048 3089 9053 3117 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 239DEG 28KT 3094 9036
$$
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 | Amite, Wilkinson | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite, Pike | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 70 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 56 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite | 43 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, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 13 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 |
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.