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Tornado Warning 59, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 1:09 PM CDT for Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana; Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 30, 2016, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Saint Helena Parish, LA, Amite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
200
WFUS54 KLIX 301809
TORLIX
LAC091-MSC005-301845-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0059.160430T1809Z-160430T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
109 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 108 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DARLINGTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENSBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
EASLEYVILLE AROUND 120 PM CDT.
GILLSBERG AROUND 130 PM 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 3123 9068 3111 9056 3096 9057 3085 9081
3087 9086 3089 9085 3090 9086 3094 9086
3096 9084 3099 9084 3100 9083 3100 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 221DEG 26KT 3092 9081
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR1 follow-up statement
562
WWUS54 KLIX 301829
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
129 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
LAC091-301838-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160430T1845Z/
ST. HELENA LA-
129 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ST. HELENA PARISH IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAMAGING WINDS
UNTIL 145 PM CDT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3123 9068 3111 9056 3100 9057 3100 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 221DEG 26KT 3103 9070
$$
MSC005-301845-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160430T1845Z/
AMITE MS-
129 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY...
AT 128 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GILLSBERG...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3123 9068 3111 9056 3100 9057 3100 9087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 221DEG 26KT 3103 9070
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 58 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:02 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Iberville | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Assumption | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa and 1 more | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 117 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa | 17 min |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Charles | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 69 min |
| Apr 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles | 89 min |
| Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Bernard | 116 min |
| Apr 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 113 min | |
| Apr 30, 4:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Tammany | 114 min |
| Apr 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Tammany | 19 min |
| Apr 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Terrebonne | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 86 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 62 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.