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Tornado Warning 62, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2017, 8:05 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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, 2017, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA
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, 7:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1930 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted.
739
WFUS54 KLIX 301305
TORLIX
LAC033-037-091-301330-
/O.NEW.KLIX.TO.W.0062.170430T1305Z-170430T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
805 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southeastern East Feliciana Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Northeastern East Baton Rouge Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
* Until 830 AM CDT
* At 805 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pride, or 7 miles east of Zachary, moving
northeast at 65 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...
Greensburg around 825 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 3072 9057 3065 9088 3065 9091 3064 9092
3061 9106 3068 9110 3096 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 247DEG 56KT 3067 9102
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR2 follow-up statements
200
WWUS54 KLIX 301310
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
810 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
LAC033-037-091-301330-
/O.CON.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-170430T1330Z/
St. Helena LA-East Feliciana LA-East Baton Rouge LA-
810 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ST. HELENA...SOUTHEASTERN EAST FELICIANA AND NORTHEASTERN EAST BATON
ROUGE PARISHES...
At 810 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pride, or 9 miles east of Zachary, moving northeast
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Greensburg around 830 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 9101 3069 9106 3091 9066 3074 9057
3072 9057 3065 9088 3065 9091 3064 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1310Z 245DEG 45KT 3068 9099
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
24/RR729
WWUS54 KLIX 301332
SVSLIX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
832 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
LAC033-037-091-301341-
/O.EXP.KLIX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-170430T1330Z/
St. Helena LA-East Feliciana LA-East Baton Rouge LA-
832 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ST. HELENA...SOUTHEASTERN EAST
FELICIANA AND NORTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISHES HAS EXPIRED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has been
replaced by a new tornado warning for a squall line that may have
several tornadoes along the line.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for southeastern
Louisiana.
LAT...LON 3062 9101 3069 9106 3091 9066 3074 9057
3072 9057 3065 9088 3065 9091 3064 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 247DEG 56KT 3081 9063
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pointe Coupee | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LIX | Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Baton Rouge | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena and 1 more | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint James and 4 more | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 98 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 24 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Saint Charles and 7 more | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 14 min |
| Apr 30, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 58 min | |
| Apr 30, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 49 min | |
| Apr 30, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Saint Tammany | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 11:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 3 more | 119 min |
| Apr 30, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 52 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 55 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche | 20 min |
| Apr 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Tammany | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 93 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 95 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 60 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 27 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 35 min | |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Plaquemines | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 53 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 63 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LIX | 64 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.