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Tornado Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 5:56 PM CST for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Jan 21, 2016, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Tangipahoa Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:00 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Kentwood, LA | A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF TANGIPAHOA. APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN LARGE HARDWOOD TREES..MAINLY OAKS...WERE UPROOTED OR TRUNKS SNAPPED. PATH LENGTH WAS APPOXIMATELY 0.20 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE RATING OF |
| Jan 21, 6:03 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 Se Kentwood, LA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENTWOOD. REPORT RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KLIX 212356
TORLIX
LAC105-220030-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0009.160121T2356Z-160122T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
556 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 556 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER KENTWOOD...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...TANGIPAHOA.
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 9035 3091 9035 3090 9034 3088 9034
3087 9057 3096 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 260DEG 40KT 3091 9054
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CABThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:10 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 4 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:47 AM CST | Gale Warning | LIX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 21, 11:36 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LIX | 3 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 34 min | |
| Jan 21, 3:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 24 min | |
| Jan 21, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Plaquemines | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, West Feliciana | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 5:19 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 56 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, West Baton Rouge | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 5:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 27 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 5:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 31 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.