Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 76, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2016, 10:57 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 18 min. 4 reports 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
- May 19, 2016, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Saint Tammany Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Madisonville, LA | LARGE LIMBS DOWN...WOOD FENCES BLOWN DOWN AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. LOCATION IS IN MONTGOMERY TERRACE SUBDIVISION OFF OF HIGHWAY 22. |
| May 19, 11:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Covington, LA | LARGE TREE BRANCH FELL THROUGH ROOF OF HOME IN BREWSTER RD AREA. NO INJURIES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 19, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Covington, LA | LARGE TREE DOWN ON LAKEVIEW DRIVE. |
| May 19, 11:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Covington, LA | TREE ON CAR ON G STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 2145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
974
WFUS54 KLIX 200357
TORLIX
LAC103-200415-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0076.160520T0357Z-160520T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1057 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1057 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISONVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
COVINGTON AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
ABITA SPRINGS AROUND 1110 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 3069 9015 3050 8990 3035 9017 3036 9019
3034 9021 3035 9026 3036 9024 3061 9025
3070 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 233DEG 43KT 3043 9023
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 28 min |
| May 19, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 23 min |
| May 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 84 min | |
| May 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Assumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne | 64 min |
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Assumption | 30 min |
| May 19, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 1 more | 55 min |
| May 19, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Saint James | 33 min |
| May 19, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 19, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 33 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| May 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 66 min | |
| May 19, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 13 min |
| May 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 1 more | 25 min |
| May 19, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 56 min |
| May 19, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 29 min |
| May 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 54 min | |
| May 19, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 34 min |
| May 19, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 25 min |
| May 19, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 94 min | |
| May 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 44 min | |
| May 19, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| May 20, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| May 20, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 min | |
| May 20, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| May 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 85 min | |
| May 20, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| May 20, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| May 20, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 54 min | |
| May 20, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 20, 6:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| May 20, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 27 min | |
| May 20, 6:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| May 20, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 32 min | |
| May 20, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 26 min | |
| May 20, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 25 min | |
| May 20, 7:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 54 min | |
| May 20, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| May 20, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 61 min | |
| May 20, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| May 20, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| May 20, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 58 min | |
| May 20, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| May 20, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 117 min | |
| May 20, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| May 20, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| May 20, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| May 20, 10:34 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 4 hr |
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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.