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Tornado Warning 61, NWS New Orleans, LA

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

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 1:23 PM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2016, 1:47 PM CDT
In force: 24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 301823
TORLIX
LAC105-MSC113-301900-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0061.160430T1823Z-160430T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
    
* AT 123 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR KENTWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF AMITE...MOVING NORTH
  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 140 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 3116 9026 3109 9031 3085 9042 3088 9049
      3116 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 187DEG 23KT 3090 9045 

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

$$

24/RR

1 follow-up statement

498 
WWUS54 KLIX 301847
SVSLIX

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

LAC105-MSC113-301857-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160430T1900Z/
TANGIPAHOA LA-PIKE MS-
147 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PIKE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3116 9026 3109 9031 3085 9042 3088 9049
      3116 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 187DEG 23KT 3105 9043 

$$

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	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, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	36 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, 1:24 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.