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Tornado Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 1:24 PM CDT for Pike County, Mississippi; Tangipahoa Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana. 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, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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, 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 100 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.
504
WFUS54 KLIX 301824
TORLIX
LAC105-117-MSC113-301900-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0062.160430T1824Z-160430T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
124 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 124 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMER...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST 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...
MOUNT HERMAN 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 3100 9026 3100 9025 3082 9037 3083 9041
3112 9036 3112 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 187DEG 23KT 3086 9038
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR2 follow-up statements
138
WWUS54 KLIX 301848
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
148 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
LAC105-117-301858-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160430T1900Z/
WASHINGTON LA-TANGIPAHOA LA-
148 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL
TANGIPAHOA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3112 9026 3100 9026 3100 9035 3112 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 191DEG 24KT 3102 9033
$$
MSC113-301900-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160430T1900Z/
PIKE MS-
148 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY...
AT 148 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT HERMAN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLINTON...
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3112 9026 3100 9026 3100 9035 3112 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 191DEG 24KT 3102 9033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR189
WWUS54 KLIX 301902
SVSLIX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
202 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
MSC113-301912-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160430T1900Z/
PIKE MS-
202 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR WALTHALL COUNTY AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER
TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3112 9026 3100 9026 3100 9035 3112 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 187DEG 23KT 3102 9033
$$
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 | 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, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 34 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, 1:42 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 |
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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.