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Tornado Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2017, 2:39 AM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 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 3, 2017, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 2:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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, Walthall 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 3, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.5
The text
As transmitted.
300
WFUS54 KLIX 030739
TORLIX
LAC105-MSC113-147-030815-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0053.170403T0739Z-170403T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
239 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southwestern Walthall County in southern Mississippi...
Southeastern Pike County in southern Mississippi...
* Until 315 AM CDT
* At 239 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Kentwood, or 10 miles northeast of Greensburg,
moving northeast at 40 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 250 AM 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 3121 9029 3104 9017 3100 9027 3100 9035
3097 9035 3088 9055 3090 9057 3095 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 227DEG 35KT 3093 9053
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
574
WWUS54 KLIX 030756
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
256 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
LAC105-MSC113-147-030806-
/O.CAN.KLIX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170403T0815Z/
Tangipahoa LA-Walthall MS-Pike MS-
256 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH...
SOUTHWESTERN WALTHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. However
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana...and southern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3121 9029 3104 9017 3100 9027 3100 9035
3097 9035 3088 9055 3090 9057 3095 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 227DEG 35KT 3105 9039
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Helena | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint John the Baptist | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, Livingston | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 8 min |
| Apr 3, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 49 min | |
| Apr 3, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 4:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 10 min |
| Apr 3, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans, Saint Charles | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 45 min | |
| Apr 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Orleans | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 96 min | |
| Apr 3, 6:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 29 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 65 min | |
| Apr 3, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 114 min | |
| Apr 3, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 93 min | |
| Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Saint Tammany | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 59 min | |
| Apr 3, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Apr 3, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Apr 3, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 41 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 32 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 44 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 38 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 56 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 48 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 57 min | |
| Apr 3, 11:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany | 18 days |
| Apr 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 5:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 7 min |
| Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 47 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 41 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 26 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 hr |
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.