Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 50, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:23 AM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Washington 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, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
791
WFUS54 KLIX 311123
TORLIX
LAC105-117-311200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0050.160331T1123Z-160331T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
623 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...
NORTHEASTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 623 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMER...OR 12 MILES WEST OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
FRANKLINTON AROUND 645 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 3085 8994 3083 9040 3090 9040 3098 9022
3100 9000
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 251DEG 29KT 3087 9036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR2 follow-up statements
642
WWUS54 KLIX 311138
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
638 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC105-311147-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160331T1200Z/
TANGIPAHOA LA-
638 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3087 9027 3092 9028 3097 9021 3100 9000
3086 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 250DEG 31KT 3091 9021
$$
LAC117-311200-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160331T1200Z/
WASHINGTON LA-
638 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISH...
AT 637 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT HERMAN...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRANKLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISH.
LAT...LON 3087 9027 3092 9028 3097 9021 3100 9000
3086 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 250DEG 31KT 3091 9021
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR717
WWUS54 KLIX 311157
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
657 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC117-311206-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160331T1200Z/
WASHINGTON LA-
657 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISH WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3087 9027 3092 9028 3097 9021 3100 9000
3086 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 251DEG 29KT 3091 9021
$$
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, 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, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 11 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.