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Tornado Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2016, 5:50 AM CDT for Assumption Parish, Lafourche Parish, Saint James Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 13, 2016, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Assumption Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:10 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Labadieville, LA | PUBLIC PICTURE VIA TWITTER REVEALED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
170
WFUS54 KLIX 131050
TORLIX
LAC007-057-093-131115-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0052.160413T1050Z-160413T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
550 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 549 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BAYOU GENEVE...OR NEAR NAPOLEONVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
NAPOLEONVILLE...SUPREME AND LABADIEVILLE AROUND 600 AM CDT.
CHACKBAY AROUND 615 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 2990 9119 3004 9085 2981 9080 2974 9109
2975 9109 2977 9110 2979 9110 2980 9109
2984 9113 2984 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 243DEG 33KT 2986 9107
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
886
WWUS54 KLIX 131056
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
556 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016
LAC007-057-093-131115-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160413T1115Z/
LAFOURCHE LA-ASSUMPTION LA-ST. JAMES LA-
556 AM CDT WED APR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAFOURCHE...CENTRAL ASSUMPTION AND SOUTHWESTERN ST.
JAMES PARISHES...
AT 556 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SUPREME...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF NAPOLEONVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LABADIEVILLE AROUND 600 AM CDT.
THIBODAUX AND CHACKBAY AROUND 615 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 2990 9119 3004 9085 2981 9080 2974 9109
2975 9109 2977 9110 2979 9110 2980 9109
2984 9113 2984 9116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 253DEG 30KT 2984 9101
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Assumption | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 6:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Terrebonne | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 8:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 89 min | |
| Apr 13, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 68 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 96 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 88 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 87 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.