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Tornado Warning 5, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 21, 2016East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 4:47 PM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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: Jan 21, 2016, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 43 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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 21, 4:55 PM CST	HAIL 1	4 N Zachary, LA

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
Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WFUS54 KLIX 212247
TORLIX
LAC033-037-212330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0005.160121T2247Z-160121T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CST
    
* AT 447 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ZACHARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  BAKER AROUND 455 PM CST.
  ZACHARY AND SLAUGHTER AROUND 500 PM CST.
  CLINTON AROUND 520 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 3089 9101 3059 9098 3057 9127 3057 9129
      3061 9130 3063 9129 3065 9130 3067 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 235DEG 33KT 3064 9125 

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

$$

CAB

1 follow-up statement

947 
WWUS54 KLIX 212306
SVSLIX

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

LAC033-212316-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160121T2330Z/
EAST BATON ROUGE LA-
506 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3089 9101 3071 9099 3071 9118 3077 9117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 238DEG 31KT 3072 9108 

$$

LAC037-212330-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160121T2330Z/
EAST FELICIANA LA-
506 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL EAST FELICIANA PARISH...
    
AT 506 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SLAUGHTER...OR NEAR ZACHARY...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...
  CLINTON AROUND 520 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 3089 9101 3071 9099 3071 9118 3077 9117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 238DEG 31KT 3072 9108 

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

$$

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, 4:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	38 min
Jan 21, 4:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.