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Tornado Warning 60, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 30, 2016Pike County, Mississippi; Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 1:11 PM CDT for Pike County, Mississippi; Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Pike 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 118 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

432 
WFUS54 KLIX 301811
TORLIX
LAC105-MSC113-301845-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0060.160430T1811Z-160430T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
111 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
    
* AT 111 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER KENTWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  OSYKA AROUND 125 PM CDT. 
  MAGNOLIA AROUND 145 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MCCOMB
AIRPORT.

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 3116 9026 3091 9050 3091 9056 3100 9057
      3100 9055 3120 9055 3127 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 206DEG 23KT 3095 9053 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

24/RR

1 follow-up statement

239 
WWUS54 KLIX 301831
SVSLIX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
131 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

LAC105-301841-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-160430T1845Z/
TANGIPAHOA LA-
131 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3117 9036 3101 9041 3100 9041 3100 9055
      3124 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 206DEG 23KT 3107 9046 

$$

MSC113-301845-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-160430T1845Z/
PIKE MS-
131 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY...
    
AT 131 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OSYKA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 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...
  MAGNOLIA AROUND 145 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MCCOMB
AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 3117 9036 3101 9041 3100 9041 3100 9055
      3124 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 206DEG 23KT 3107 9046 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

24/RR

The 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	Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson	58 hr
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, 10:02 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LIX		8 hr
Apr 30, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	15 min
Apr 30, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	44 min
Apr 30, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	24 min
Apr 30, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	50 min
Apr 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	36 min
Apr 30, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Wilkinson	32 min
Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	24 min
Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike	36 min
Apr 30, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Walthall	33 min
Apr 30, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	33 min
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	61 min
Apr 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Pearl River, Walthall	69 min
Apr 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	19 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
Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee	37 min
Apr 30, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Iberville	53 min
Apr 30, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Assumption	52 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, 2:18 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, 3:16 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, 4:46 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

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.